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THE
HISTORY OF NEW IPSWICH
NEW HAMPSHIRE
1735-1914
WITH GENEALOGICAL RECORDS OF THE
PRINCIPAL FAMILIES
COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY
CHARLES HENRY CHANDLER
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
SARAH FISKE LEE
FITCH BURG, MASS.
SENTINEL PRINTING COMPANY
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MEMORIAL
THE life of Charles Henry Chandler was spent in the
devoted service of his fellowmen.
Born in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, in 1840, Mr.
Chandler prepared for college at its district schools and acad-
emy, in each of which he had been teacher as well as pupil. In
1865, he entered Dartmouth College, from which he was grad-
uated with highest honor in 1868. Although first scholar of
his class, his greatest achievement was not that of scholarship.
A classmate has said of him: "I doubt if he committed a
single act in college which he would wish concealed from his
oldest friends : so consistent was his life with his profession of
Christian principles." The integrity of such a character, to-
gether with his sound mind and high ideals, made him a great
power for good among his associates.
After a useful experience in academic teaching, he was
called in 1871 to the chair of Physics and Chemistry in Antioch
College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. He occupied this position for
ten years. Efficient along various lines. Professor Chandler's
work was peculiarly valuable to a college not at that time rich
in resources ; and he left upon it a permanent impress of his
abilities and character. From Antioch, in 1881, he w^ent to
Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin, as professor of Chemistry,
Physics, and Mathematics. In this service he remained until
1906, being then retired as Professor Emeritus. The words
of one formerly a student at Ripon are an impressive tribute
to his value and influence:
"He was a rare teacher. He knew his subject and spoke
in terms of his pupils. Being thus found in fashion as a pupil,
we highly exalted him as a teacher. He imparted that intangi-
ble force which is the true essence of a teacher: teaching
what he was, not voluntarily but involuntarily. We remember
rare pauses and parentheses in recitation — the getting oflf the
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track, which is characteristic of a teacher whose tracks are
laid into the souls of his pupils, as well as into the more
definable lines of a text. He was a teacher who lived in his
pupils, made better by his presence ; a teacher who scorned
all aims which end in self. He revealed himself who was, to
us, even better than the mathematician. Scientist, yes, but
also something of a mystic in the best sense. A college is
essentially its men who teach and are taught ; and in this
sense Ripon College is very much Professor Chandler."
Though mathematics and applied science were the channels
of Professor Chandler's most marked abilities, he was a good
classical scholar. An habitual reader of the best English wri-
ters, his teaching in these branches, during his academic
experience, had been thorough and efifective. Accurate and
demanding accuracy, he possessed the rare gift of clear ex-
planation, reenforced by characteristic illustration. His habits
of mind were direct and forceful, as of a man with something to
impart. His literary productions in the classroom were en-
livened by a vivid imagination and a keen sense of humor.
Something poetic in his nature also found expression at times,
in quaint guise. With a keen love of nature and reverence for
the creative plan, he saw in it the vital truths : love, faith, and
promises to which the eyes of many are blinded. Deeply in-
terested in the church, he took an active and important part
in its work, wherever he might be, and won the respect and
affection of many whom he did not reach through professional
channels.
After 1906 he returned to the town he loved and in which
he was born. He devoted himself to its interest ; a loyal
citizen, always, with high civic ideals. Wise and broad-
minded, his counsel and efforts were applied not merely to
present but to future welfare. An educator, he gave largely
of his experience to the problems of the public schools and
served upon the School Board for a number of years.
In the midst of many other interests and duties, he
devoted himself to the writing of the present History — a labor
of love for the people dear to him. It is difficult to estimate
adequately this great service — a service which speaks strongly
for itself, but which in all its detail of tireless, persistent effort,
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can be realized by few. Its value will be wholly appreciated
only by following generations. To them will come a knowl-
edge not only of its historic worth, but a knowledge also
of the man who so greatly loved the history and people of his
birthplace.
Of such a son as Charles Henry Chandler, New Ipswich
may be justly proud — a son who represented the highest
standards of honor, and whose achievements were possible
because of an unfaltering fidelity to his ideals.
Katharine Preston.
PREFACE
Y^ OR many years citizens of New Ipswich have felt the need
^ of a history of the town which should not only give the
history of the last half century, but should put in accessible
and permanent form the many facts and traditions which have
come to light in later years. This feeling took tangible form
from the offer of Professor Charles H. Chandler to give his
services as a historian, and in October, 1907, a meeting of
those interested in this project was held at the Library. A
Committee was chosen to aid as might be needed, consisting
of Caroline F. Barr, Sarah F. Lee, Frederic W. Jones, Anna
A. Goldsmith, and Edward O. Marshall.
It was thought most convenient for Professor Chandler to
have his office at my house. For more than four years each
morning he came to his task, and each hour until the twilight
was filled with the work of a mind trained to systematic and
patient, accurate labor. His purpose was to make the work
largely a Genealogy of the older families of the town. This
necessitated research and inquiries that would have discour-
aged one less persistent and determined. He deemed the
conclusion of the work near at hand, but while away seeking
for final data, at Leominster, Mass.. his life ended. March 29,
1912, while conversing with a friend he ceased speaking, and
"was not, for God took him."
His children, Professor Elwyn F. Chandler and Miss Edith
B. Chandler, at once felt that they wished to ensure the com-
pletion of the work which had become so dear to their father's
heart. Through all these years I had been able to keep in
touch with Professor Chandler's methods of research, and they
asked me to finish the History as he would have done it. I
consented to try to do this so nearly as I should be able.
Fortunately the chapters relating to the earliest history were
completed ; all the genealogy was outlined and many family
records had been written in full. His children, therefore, were
able to assist in the revision and completion of all that he
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had planned in that department. It is their wish that this
History should be a tribute to their father's memory, and for
its completion they have given a trained proficiency that could
not otherwise have been available, have taken time needed by
them for rest, and have given more than five hundred dollars
in money.
For the imperfections of the Index I alone am responsible.
My only regret is that my part of the work has not been done
in a better way. It is given to the town which has been the
home of my lifetime with the hope that it may help to quicken
and cherish reverence for those who laid the broad founda-
tions on which later generations should build the structure of
education and enterprise which has given New Ipswich its
honored place among New England towns.
Personal thanks are due from me to the children of Pro-
fessor Chandler, who have done all that was possible to lighten
my labors, to friends who have aided me by literary criticism
and in proof-reading, and to the intelligent and helpful advice
of the Sentinel Printing Company.
Sarah Fiske Lee.
New Ipswich, N. H.
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Preface
BY PROFESSOR CHARLES H. CHANDLER
The following- page in Professor C. H. Chandler's hand
has been found, which evidently he intended to insert in the
preface :
"Little more than half a century ago, by the careful and
patient labor of two efficient sons of New Ipswich was pro-
duced a town history, now a rare book but still mentioned
with rare encomiums by students and lovers of local history.
At the time of the loyal labors of Mr. Kidder and Dr. Gould
the facilities for work like that which they so successfully ac-
complished were far less than at the present time. Many old
documents, then only to be found after long search, have now
been collected and laid open to the student in convenient form ;
the work of national surveys has given accurate measurements
in place of the estimates formerly necessarily used; and the
accessible volumes of family history are probably twenty
times as numerous as those which were published prior to
1850.
"It has therefore seemed best that a volume presenting
the last fifty years of New Ipswich history should not be
entirely confined to those limits, but rather that the special
field should rest upon a second presentation of the story of
earlier times, with such additions and amendments as the suc-
ceeding years have made practicable.
"In order, however, to avoid an undue extension of the
volume it has been thought best to follow a medium course,
abbreviating much that was fully related by the authors of
the previous volume, and in cases where the importance of
the topic or the close dependence of later history upon it
makes such abbreviation undesirable, by the kindly consent
of near representatives of the authors considerable extracts
have been made in the language retaining its attraction for
those who remember the former history."
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NOTE
It was the original intention of Professor Charles H.
Chandler to prepare one large map of the town, showing
on the same map the town with its villages, and all the
roads, houses, and former houses, and also the lot lines, and
he personally traversed with compass in 1908 or later every
road in the town (except a few in the northwest corner and
west of the mountain) in making surveys for this map. There
are doubtless some accidental errors, but it may be considered
as in general a very excellent map ; it is probable that there
are few portions where any distances are more than a dozen
rods in error.
The final drawing of all the maps was done under the
direction of E. F. Chandler, and it was found advisable to
make separate village maps on a larger scale ; the surveys for
these were accordingly made by E. F. Chandler in August,
1912, and they are in general accurate within two rods. It was
also found that it would detract from clearness to place the
lot lines on the town map, so their general location has been
shown on a separate plan.
Chapters I, II, III, IV, and V of the history had been com-
pletely written by Professor Charles H. Chandler, and were
finished except for such small amendments as he would have
made in the final revision ; the material had been collected by
him for large parts of Chapters VI to IX, but the final ar-
rangement and writing of the greater portion of each of
these has been done by Miss Sarah Fiske Lee. All the work
on the history, from its first inception to its conclusion, has
been greatly forwarded by the indefatigable efforts of Miss
Lee ; her complete knowledge of local conditions and relations,
her enthusiastic assistance, and her keen-eyed examination of
every statement have been indeed indispensable.
E. F. C.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. — The Old Country Road — Later Roads and
Early Settlers. The Old Country Road ; New Highways ;
the Turnpike 1-19
CHAPTER H. — New Ipswich in Various Forms — Grants,
Claims, Charters, and Surveys. Error in Early Grants ; the
Massachusetts Claims, Gorges and Mason Claims ; Survey of
State Line; the Ipswich Grant; Changing Boundaries; Early
Settlers; Fear of Indian Invasion; John Tufton Mason; Ma-
sonian Proprietors ; Col. Blanchard's Changes ; Masonian Char-
ter ; Final Incorporation . 20-43
CHAPTER III. — On the Way to Maturity — Proprietors and
Lots. Origin of the Settlers ; First Proprietors' Meetings ;
Assignment of Lots; Table of Lots; Proprietors' Work Ended ;
Plan of Lots and Principal Roads 44-56
CHAPTER IV.— The Old School-houses. First School in 1762;
Grammar School ; Division into Districts ; Town Appropriates
Money; First School-houses; Location of District Bounds;
School-house Locations; Consolidation of Districts; School
Appropriations ; Wages of Teachers ; Prudential Committee ;
Superintending School Committee ; Statistics .... 57-72
CHAPTER V. — The Revolutionary Period. The First Uprising;
Roll of Men Who Went at the First Call ; Capt. Towne's Com-
pany; Call from Gen. John Sullivan; New Hampshire's Lead-
ership ; Praise from Gen. Washington ; Help Given to North-
ern Army; Capt. Smith's Company; reinforcements for Ticon-
deroga; Continental Army; Col. Heald's Detachment; Capt.
Briant's Company; Col. Hale's Regiment; Three-Months Men;
Equipment of Soldiers; Ephraim Adams' Resolution; Bounties
and Pay; Depreciation of Currency; New Ipswich Tories;
Committee of Correspondence 73-106
CHAPTER VI. — The Civil War— 1861-65. Action of the Town ;
Bounties for Volunteers ; First Recruits ; Record of Sixth
Regiment ; Thirteenth Regiment at Richmond, 1865 ; Work of
Women ; Death of President Lincoln ; Freedmen's Aid ; Prices
during Civil War; Union League; Soldiers' Monument 107-121
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CHAPTER VII. — Ecclesiastical History. First Meeting-house;
Seeking a Minister; Church Organized and Mr. Stephen
Farrar Ordained; Meeting-house Completed 1770; Assign-
ment of Pews; "Great Revival" in 1785-86; Death of Parson
Farrar; Mr. Richard Hall Ordained; Sunday School in 1818;
Ordination of Mr. Charles Walker; Pastorate of Rev. Samuel
Lee; Meeting-house Remodeled; Centennial Anniversary of
Church; Ordination of Mr. Calvin Cutler; Several Brief Pas-
torates; Church Burned; Program of Stated Meetings; Baptist
Church; Organized, List of Pastors; Unitarian Church; Meth-
odist Church; Second Congregational Church . 122-136
CHAPTER VIII. — New Ipswich Academy. Incorporation;
Buildings; Gifts from Boston Friends; New Building; Change
of Name; List of Preceptors; Faculty Sketches; Alumni As-
sociation ; Present Condition
137-143
CHAPTER IX. — Miscellanies. Manufactures; Library; Coun-
try Club; Children's Fair; Revere Bell; Cemeteries; Stearns
Lecture Fund; Homestead Inn; Iowa Colony; Drinking Foun-
tain; Telegraph and telephone; Sidewalks and Street Lights;
Post Office; Free Masons; Fire Department; Children's Oak;
Portraits in Town Hall; Census Returns; Valuation of New
Ipswich, 1914 144-157
Genealogy
171-720
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Portrait of Professor Charles Henry Chandler
The Soldiers' Monument ....
Group of Churches
New Ipswich Appleton Academy .
The Library
Forest Hall, Residence of George R. Barrett
Maps :
The Old Country Road
The Grants .
Plan of Lots .
New Ipswich .
Center Village
Bank, High Bridge, and Smith Villages
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opposite 113
129
137
147
215
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opposite 161
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HISTORY OF NEW IPSWICH
NEW IPSWICH
CHAPTER I
■THE OLD COUNTRY ROAD" — LATER ROADS AND EARLY
SETTLERS
AT a meeting of
the Proprietors of
"Upper Ashuelot,"
(now the city of
Keene,) held at
Concord, Massa-
chusetts, on the
last Wednesday
of May, 1735, a
committee was
appointed to "join
with such as the
lower town pro-
prietors shall ap-
point, to search
and find out whether the ground will admit of a convenient
road from the two townships on Ashuelot river, down to the
town of Townsend." On June 30, 1737. a meeting was held
at the meeting-house frame, and "Jeremiah Hall was recom-
pensed for his services in searching for, and laying out, a road
to Townsend."
x'Vt that time the Townsend grant extended farther to the
north and west than in later years, and embraced about 800
acres now included in the southeastern corner of New Ipswich,
shown upon an ancient map of the town as granted by
Massachusetts. That map shows a straight line dotted di-
rectly across the map and bearing the explanatory note "This
Single Prick^ line is the Clear^ way to Ashawelott." This
line enters the town from Townsend a short distance north
of the site of the "Wheeler tavern," runs northwesterly
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though the region now occupied by the Center Village, and,
passing a little south of the position of Wilder Village, crosses
the western line of the town a half-mile south from its
northwestern corner.
Without a doubt this perfectly straight road was easily
constructed upon paper, but it is somewhat remarkable that
the turnpike, constructed almost seventy years later, should
have followed so nearly the early line, in no place departing
from the route there marked greatly more than half a mile.
But the former New Ipswich history, recalling the construc-
tion of the turnpike, declares that "its location was as bad
as it well could be ;" and it is not strange that the committee
of the Keene proprietors chose a route less steeply inclined,
even though it were somewhat more devious, as is shown on
the small map presented above. For the road there shown,
called in the records for many years the "main road," or in
earlier times the "old countrey road," is tmdoubtedly a part
of the Keene road of 1735-37, preceding the first permanent
settler in New Ipswich by at least a year; and the preliminary
temporary residence of two or three others, which may have
been in the summer of 1737, may safely be said to have been
of later date than the location of the road reported by Jere-
miah Hall, but of course at first hardly more than a marked
trail. The "old country road," the first token of civilization
established within the town bounds, naturally had a great in-
fluence in locating the sturdy pioneers in the wilderness, as
is indicated by the positions of the homes of twenty early
settlers placed upon the map with the belief, after careful
examination, that they were the earliest twenty resident
"fathers of the town."
That the position of this road was well chosen is shown
by its long continuance, more than three of the four miles
of its length within the town bounds being still open for
travel, and a considerable part of the abandoned portion ap-
parently owing its abandonment to other causes than unwise
location. The records show some slight changes in its loca-
tion from time to time, but practically the present position
of the part still open is as it was when Abijah Foster settled
but a few rods from its faint line of communication almost
175 years ago. The more definite course of this early high-
way, so early that more than twenty years after its location
the town voted "not to fell the trees on the main road
The Old Country Road
through the town," may be traced upon the larger map m
this volume, and any difficulties in followmg it may be re-
moved by reference to the following descriptive notes
It entered the town only a little distance south of its pre-
viously mentioned successor, the turnpike, that is a little
siuth of the site of the house of entertainment long known
as "Wheeler's tavern." giving to Timothy Heald, a few year
later a desirable position for establishing his home m the
northern part of 186 A. D. Passing on a mile toward the
northwest' from the first half of which the road is practically
obliterated, the home of Jonas Wodson appears -^J^J^
S R the present propertv of the Country Club, and but a
short" disanc^ farth'er,'in V: 2, S. R., that of ^is early asso^
ciate Benjamin Hoar, now the Preston place. Crossmg the
fer. wheie later the first bridge of the town was to be built^
the old road passed the place soon to be the home of Moses
Tucker continued over the hill and then between the loca-
Hons of the first meeting-house, denoted on the small map
hva squire and affixed cross, and the first ^urymg-gronnd^
both situated in the eastern part of VTII. 1. S- R-- « ^^^^
house long the home of Judge Farrar. and now the summei
es dence of Charles S. Brown. Descendmg the hil and past
he present grounds of the Academy, the road unites, where
H^e upon the preceding sn^aU ^^^J^-^^^ZTX^
^het^teTrp'rt'with the "o,d co™tty road'' ron. th - -
rUter^Jtrt^rt-^^^^^
°* o' XVoTtr's'df of tht broadened "conntry road." but
not^vlry far distant fron, it, on 33, N. D., a little westward
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of the site of the former bank, and perhaps a little toward
Union Hall, stood the earliest dwelling- erected in the town,
that of Abijah Foster, and directly opposite upon the south
side of the road was the home of Joseph Kidder, where since
has been the dwelling of Judge Champney, and later the
home of John Preston, Esq., and his descendants, IX: 1, S. R.
Continued progress due westward in the broad central road
of the early survey being here forbidden by the steep ascent.
a southerly detour of a few rods was necessitated, the first
part along the broad, grassy road still open in the rear of
the Preston land, and the later return to the direct course
on a line still traceable under favorable conditions, through
the northern end of the small triangular wooded spot lying
across the road from the open space north from the old "hill
burying-ground," and south from the site of the second and
third meeting-houses. As this open area was without doubt
included in the "common land" left for a highway, this de-
tour, now seeming so considerable that the location of the
"country road" is not always recognized, did not really ex-
tend at that place beyond the limits of the broad central
road as surveyed. But that proposed straight highwav Vv'as
followed by the Keene surveyor only a very short distance.
It may, indeed, have gone directly across the later meeting-
house site, at least until the erection of such a building caused
travel to be carried on a little farther west. At all events,
from very nearly that spot the road entered upon an almost
direct northwesterly line across the lot upon which the
meeting-house afterward was built, 37 N. D., later the prop-
erty of Oliver Proctor; then past the site of the first dwelling
of Isaac Appleton on the southern side and that of his
second house, still standing and bearing over its entrance the
figures 1756, upon the northern side, both in 41, N. D. Be-
tween these two sites the old road crossed the line of the
present turnpike, and from the meeting-house site to that
point of crossing all traces of the ancient highway have dis-
appeared. Continuing the same general northwesterly direc-
tion it passed in 46, N. D., the future home of Reuben Kidder,
on the east, and a little farther that of Samuel Perham, an
employee of Mr. Kidder, upon 50. N. D., on the west. The
remaining route, through lots 51, 52, and 56, N. D., to the
northern line of the town is not known to have passed other
early dwellings. The last quarter-mile or more before leaving
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The Old Country Road
New Ipswich was not along the present Temple road, but
by the "Todd road" diverging toward the west, now legally
discontinued, but still clearly defined and passable.
The effectual charter of New Ipswich, known as the
Masonian charter, of which an account is given later in this
volume, was issued in 1750, and in it are named thirty
grantees, thirteen of whom are designated as being "of a
place called New Ipswich," and their names are included in
the twenty names presented upon the preceding small map.
The names of two sons of one of the grantees named in the
charter as a resident of Ipswich, Mass.. and one son of an-
other grantee of the same town, a brother and an employee
of one of the New Ipswich grantees, and two other early
settlers, constitute the twenty pioneers in New Ipswich
who, as far as careful examination determines, were resident
in their new homes before the close of the year in which the
charter was granted. Nine of this number made their homes
beside the old "country road," and of the remaining eleven
seven were apparently within a half-mile of that route. There
can be no doubt of the determining influence of that road,
then hardly more than a trail, upon the location of the early
settlements in the northeastern corner of the town, and an
examination of the records giving in order the story of later
roads, demanded by the increasing population, presents quite
clearly the direction and progress of advance.
Unfortunately, whatever local records may have been made
prior to the Masonian grant, they have entirely disappeared,
and the lines of intercommunication between the twenty
families which gathered in those early years can be learned
only by inference, occasionally aided by traces of old path-
ways by which the early pioneers, like their immediate suc-
cessors, were prone to connect their homes, by the nearest
or most practicable route, to the older main line of communi-
cation with the towns and settlements above and below. But
the later records containing references to "paths" and some-
times ofificially legalizing highways "where the people now
travel" suggest that the stern demands of daily life left the
first occupants of the coming town but little time or energy
for public labors, especially after it was found, as related in
a later chapter, that the title by which they held their lands
was far from secure. They might be expected to content
themselves for a time with paths not greatly surpassing the
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trails of their Indian predecessors, and so the roads located
by the most convenient footpaths from cabin to cabin, wind-
ing deviously around the varied obstructions of the wilder-
ness, might almost be said, like Topsy, never to have been
made but to have "growed."
But with the Masonian charter came an assurance that
the work was to continue, and on June 20, 1750, only two
months after the signing of that charter, the proprietors of
the township voted to build a bridge "near where the former
bridge was built," that is, at the crossing of the river by the
"country road," and less than a year later a second bridge
was voted "near the mills," or practically in the place now
held by its successor below the "High Bridge." Abundant
provision for meeting the principal obstruction to free com-
munication between the different parts of the settled region
having thus been made, at the same meeting in May, 1751,
Timothy Heald, Joseph Stevens, and Reuben Kidder were
chosen a committee to lay out and repair highways, and were
directed "to lay out a way from the saw mill &c. up by the
Path leading to John Brown's and also to Abijah Foster's as
it will best accommodate both, and if said Committee thinks
Proper to lay out a way to Archibald White's, as also to
Aaron Kidder's." The exact position of the home of John
Brown is uncertain, but it was in the northeastern part of
the town, near the locality afterward long occupied by the
family of Supply Wilson, and most probably near the site
of an old cellar in 31, N. D., still faintly visible upon the
east side of the Temple road a little farther north than the
house of Ralph E. Parker. Abijah Foster must have lived
at that time on the present site of Davis Village, 45, N. D.,
which must have made the duty of the committee to "accom-
modate both" somewhat difficult. Archibald Wliite, upon 19,
N. D., afterward occupied by the Prichards and later by the
Tenneys, was in the same general region as John Brown, and
there are indications of an early road connecting them.
Aaron Kidder was upon XV: 1, S. R., a mile beyond Abijah
Foster, and very probably the now long-closed road through
XHI: 1 and XIV: 1, N. D., north of the house of George S.
Wheeler, was located at that time.
In obedience to instructions given at this meeting that the
committee should "view and lay out a Road from the line of
said township so as it will accommodate the travelling up to
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Peterboro and lay the same before said Proprietee at the
next meeting," the committee a month later recommended
action at once adopted by the meeting, and it was "Voted to
Except the countrey Road as it is Layed out from Timothy
Healds or the province line near his house and up by Ruben
Kidders & to the line of Striptown or Peterborow Slip so
called near about the road wheare people now Travil and as
marks direct."
At the same meeting it was voted to "lay out a road Down
from the mills by Benjamin Hoar to the Town Road by
Timothy Healds," which seems to be the authority for the
present road from the Taylor house on the turnpike up
through Bank Village to the crossing of the "country road"
and the road to the Gibson corners.
In the following year, 1753, a desire for nearer relation
to the neighbors at the west was manifested by a vote "to
lay out a way through our town to Rowly Canada line;" and
a year later it was "Voted to turn the road that goes to
Rowly Canada through Oliver Proctor's lot to the road that
was formerly laid out and travelled in." As no record of the
position of the "former road" has been found, it is perhaps
a fair inference that the removal of a portion of the road to
Rowley Canada (Rindge) from Oliver Proctor's lot, 37, N. D.,
located it in the broad road extending due west before men-
tioned as shown on the map of the Massachusetts grant, and
still plainly existent from the Center Village to Davis Village,
and that it continued on the road provided for Aaron Kidder
two years earlier, and thence through the uninhabited wilder-
ness, over the mountain between the Barrett and Pratt peaks
practically as shown upon the map. This road can be traced
with difficulty through the thick undergrowth, but the dwell-
ings upon it farther west than the Ephraim Adams farm,
61, N. D., have been very few.
On November 24, 1754, the proprietors by a single vote
accepted four miles of road or more, probably including many
short roads and "paths" previously used, but having no legal
existence as highways. This long and devious thoroughfare
commenced in 1 : 3, S. R., upon the "country road" about
one-fourth of a mile after its entrance from that part of the
Townsend grant which had become Mason, and extending to
the north and west, passed the house of Ebenezer Bullard in
1 : 2, S. R., and of Joseph Bullard in H : 2. S. R.. through H :
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1, S. R., not yet the home of Moses Tucker, still resident on
the "country road," and through III: 1, S. R., to Chandler's
mills in IV: 1, S. R., immediately below the site of the pres-
ent factory below the High Bridge. Thence the road con-
tinued northwesterly a little north of the present position of
the road, and entered upon the route to be occupied a half-
century later by the turnpike a short distance eastward of
the position of the present bridge across Kidder or Saw Mill
Brook. From that point the road has remained practically
unchanged in position, through lots 21, 25, 29, 30, 31, and 32,
N. D., to the Temple town line, passing the homes of Ephraim
and Benjamin Adams, Jonathan Stevens and John Brown.
The year 1755 saw the birth of several new highways,
testifying to a considerable advance of the populated region
toward the south and the west, two of which are here given
in detail. The first of these extended from the northeast
corner of the lot of Zachariah Adams, X : 3, S. R., past the
house of Abijah Foster, who had built his third residence
on IX : 2, S. R., the present residence of Walter S. Thayer
being across the road from its site, and continued on an
easterly course not very distant from the present road to the
Congregational church, although that later road is much more
nearly straight than the ancient highway, four sections, to-
gether constituting more than half its length, having been
moved northerly or southerly in some places as much as
twenty rods. The early road passed the site of the coming
church near the present southern limit of the common, and
ended in "the road that goes out of the Country road to the
dwelling house of Benjamin Safford," which was thirty rods
or more south from the church site. The road designated as
going from the "country road" is now obliterated for a con-
siderable part of its length, but is still known as "Safford
lane." The cellar of Zachariah Adams, still remaining in a
pasture rapidly becoming forest, is shown upon the map.
The second new road, apparently accepted very largely in
anticipation of expected new residents, began "at the South
of lot Number 187, at the head of the road that goes from
said lot to the east line of said Township." Lot 187, as also
Nos. 44, 29 (or 2), 28, and 24, through which the road from
the east township line passes, lie in "New Laid Out" range
of lots, and there appears no record of residence in any of
those southeastern lots at as early a date as that action.
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Perhaps, however, the travel to and from Townsend, then
holding the position of a connecting link with the older set-
tlements, may have called for the new road to "the old meeting
house hill so called" eastward from the site of the present
Academy. From 187, ere long to be occupied by Col. Thomas
Heald, and later by the Estabrooks tavern and by Job Davis
and his son John U. in succession, the new road passed
through lots 12 and 1, N. L. O., then the property of Samuel
Whittemore, to the "south side of Jesse Fletcher's house
said house standing on lott No. 4 in the 5th range," long
after the farm of Dr. Stillman Gibson, then turned toward
the north, and in VI : 4, S. R., crossed the North Branch of
the Souhegan at a point still marked by remaining stone-
work of a bridge, passed, in VI : 3, S. R., the place soon to
be known as the home of Peletiah Whittemore, later the sum-
mer home of Dr. F. W. Jones, in VII : 3, S. R., the future
site of the home of the Shattucks, the Farwells, and the Wil-
lards in succession, and finally along the western line of VII :
2 and VII: 1, S. R., passing the house of Benjamin SaiTord
and ending at the "country road," having in its progress legal-
ized as a highway "Safford lane," mentioned in the record
two months earlier, but then probably a private way.
In the same year a road was accepted "beginning at the
Country Road neare the Bridges by Joseph Kidder's meddow
so on the Comon land to lott No. 29, N. D.," that is, referring
to present conditions, from, the bridge between the Baptist
church and the Soldiers' Monument eastward past the Dr.
Preston house, afterward that of Seth King. Thence the road
continued as at present across the turnpike, "over the saw-
mill Brook and on as marks direct into the road that from
mr. Jonathan Stevens to the mills and so in that road to said
Stevens house" (26, N. D., later owned by Mark Farrar, and
at present by A. E. Jowders). The road thence passed on
the south side of the Stevens house to lot 22, N. D., where
it passed on the north of the Benjamin Knowlton — later the
Chickering — house and northerly across the corner of lot 23,
N. D., the future home of Capt. Ezra Towne, to 19, N. D.,
the home of Archibald White.
In 1756 a road was accepted "from Abba Severons to the
North end of Zachariah Adams' Lot," but the location of
the beginning of that road is not quite definite. Abba Sev-
erance had a lot in the northeasterly part of the town, but
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the lot named in the road record must have been in "New
Laid Out" range, probably lot 64, since the road ran northerly
through the lot of David Nevins, XI : 4, S. R., and, as it can
now be seen, along the eastern end of the south burying-
ground, which was not established until twenty years later.
Having crossed the river a short distance north of the present
burying-ground, it continued its northerly course nearly upon
the line between the tenth and eleventh south ranges for
almost half a mile, and then turning eastward across X : 3,
S. R., it soon connected with the road to Abijah Foster's,
and seemed about to become a principal highway. But its
route is now entirely obliterated, except its first quarter-mile,
which is perhaps still the road to the farm so long owned
by William Wheeler and his sons, and the brief extent be-
side the burying-ground, which was longer retained in use
by the later opening of another road extending in a more
westerly direction than the first road, past the "Spaulding
house" on XI : 3, S. R., a short distance to the west, and,
at the northeast corner of the lot of Robert Crosby, later
the "Fox farm," XII : 3, S. R., uniting with a road, accepted
in 1759, along the eastern side of XII : 2, S. R., then the
property of Amos Taylor, but afterward for many years
known as the "Bucknam farm." A road from Amos Taylor's
had been accepted at about the same date as the one from
Abba Severance's, running easterly across XI: 1, S. R., and
northerly along the east side of the same lot to a point on
the broad central line of the town before mentioned about
a quarter-mile west from the meeting-house, then in process
of construction. This road was long known as the "malt-
house road," and the cellar of the malt-house still remains
on the east side of its namesake thoroughfare and a quarter-
mile south from the central road. The "malt-house road" is
still easily followed, but only the part lying on the west side
of the road from Davis Village is now open. The three
roads together for a considerable period furnished the favorite
route to the meeting-house for the residents in the south-
western part of the town. Apparently there were two or
more dwellings on this road south of Amos Taylor's, but the
names of the residents do not appear.
In 1757 money was voted to make a road between Zacha-
riah Adams's and Thomas Adams's, and as a bridge was nec-
essary upon this way it may be inferred that the residence
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New Highways
of this latter Adams was on the southern side of the North
Branch of the river. Probably this road through the greater
part of its length was the road to Smith Village over "Apple-
ton Hill," in nearly its position until its improvement fifty
years ago by removal a little way toward the east.
At the meeting in 1757, however, the needs of other than
the newer portion of the township were considered, as a new
road, now nearly if not quite obliterated, was recorded ex-
tending from the road accepted two years before between
Jonathan Stevens and Benjamin Knowlton, northerly to the
central part of 27, N. D., a lot now long vacated, but then
the home of Benjamin Proctor; and also another road be-
ginning at the road between Benjamin Adams's, 25, N. D.,
(now Reed Tenney's,) and Jonathan Stevens's, 26, N. D., (now
A. E. Jowders's,) extending westward to Benjamin King's, 34,
N. D., (now H. Rafeuse's,) thence westerly and southerly to
the mill upon "Saw Mill Brook," and south through Oliver
Proctor's lot, 37, N. D., to the "country road." The follow-
ing condition affixed to the acceptance of that road brings
into clear recognition one difference between those days and
this age of automobiles: "The road from the mill brook to
Oliver Proctor's house and to the main road shall be a bridle
road free from any incumbrance of the sd. Proctor's except
good gates which are to be built and maintained at his cost
except the outside gate next y® main road which is to be
built by the Prop'^ and maintained by said Proctor."
The highways of the town seem to have been but slightly
extended during 1758, but the records present the acceptance
of two short roads ; the first from the home of Abba Severance,
then resident in 14, N. D., for many years the "Mansfield farm,"
through 18, N. D., owned by Peter Fletcher, to the house of
Benjamin Knowlton, on 24, N. D., thus nearly completing
the present "back Greenville road" to the town line ; and a
short road now traced with considerable difficulty, irom the
home of Benjamin King, 34, N. D., to the southwesterly cor-
ner of Joseph Stevens's lot, 35, N. D.
Three roads of 1759 in as many different sections show the
steady progress during that year. The first extended from
Ebenezer Heald's in III: 4, S. R., northerly "to y« Main
Road." Indications of several cellars remain on or near its
line, but the road has now practically disappeared, as also
the probably older road of which no record appears, half a
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mile or more in length, running southerly from Ebenezer
Heald's to Col. Thomas Heald's, 187, N. L. O., on the "South
Road" located two years earlier, as previously stated.
A second road of 1759 continued the "South Road" a mile
farther westward, from the home of Simeon Fletcher, who
had succeeded Peter Fletcher, resident upon V : 4, S. R., in
1755, past the farm perhaps already owned by John Brooks,
but since Revolutionary days occupied by successive genera-
tions of the Goen family, to Smith Village, which, however,
it did not enter as at present near the bridge, but farther
southward, where since 1838 the Smithville school-house has
stood. The third road of that year shows the advance of
the line of settlements toward the western part of the town
by the provision for a road, still traceable, between the lots
of Thomas Fletcher, 45, N. D., and Ichabod Howe. 49, N. D.,
to the "country road a little south of Reuben Kidder's dwell-
ing," and at its southern end connecting with the Rindge
road of five or six years' earlier establishment. A portion of
the southern Rindge road also took its place as a road from
Thomas Adams's house, one of the very few then on the
present site of Smithville, to the home of Simeon Hildreth
on XII : 4, S. R., later the "Chandler farm."
The records of 1760 and 1761 show few new roads, but
one should perhaps be mentioned from the home of Simeon
Gould, 40, N. D., through the Joseph Stevens lot, 35, N. D.,
for many later years the "Wilson farm." to the "road to the
meeting house" along the eastern side of Stevens's lot. Dur-
ing the earlier period of Mr. Gould's residence, probably quite
brief, it may be assumed that the route of his Sunday travel
was along the still remaining path extending southerly
through 43, N. D., the home of his brother Nathaniel, and 38,
N. D., ten years later the home of Francis Appleton. and
thence probably on or near the line of the road, the northern
half-mile of which is now unused, to the mill road, already
three or four years old.
In 1762 the settlement of Nathaniel Carlton upon the farm
long the home of Phineas Pratt and later of Amos J. Proctor,
XIV: 2, S. R., called for the road, still in constant use, ex-
tending westerly and northerly from the Carlton home and
joining the Rindge road at a point a little westward from the
old school-house of the "North District," No. 7, serving for
many years as a poultry-house on the farm of George S.
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Wheeler ; and the progress of settlement in that part of the
town is further evidenced by the record, less than a year
later, of roads from the home of Isaac Howe to those of two
of his neighbors on this frontier line, William Spear and
Thomas Brown. Air. Howe was the predecessor of Samuel
C. Wheeler in the possession of 57, N. D., living in the
wooden house, or at least on the same site, occupied by Mr.
Wheeler until his erection of a brick dwelling a little northerly
on the turnpike. William Spear's lot was the next to Mr.
Howe's on the west, 61, N. D. His house long ago vanished.
and the road by which it was approached can be followed
only by careful search. The position of Thomas Brown is
not quite certain, as the name is recorded as that of an early
resident of 58, N. D., the nearest lot to that of Mr. Howe
upon his north, and also in the same manner, on a different
record, as living upon 70, N. D., a half-mile farther toward
the west. It seems probable that he first settled upon the
more distant lot, removing later to the more eastern one.
If so, no successor chose the more elevated residence, while
the nearly unbroken line of dwellers in the somewhat more
accessible location testifies to its more desirable character and
makes the assumed removal probable. But the road upon
which Mr. Howe would have sought lot 70 would have taken
him through lot 58. and is clearly evident through its full
extent, although entirely impassable after crossing the turn-
pike ; a new road leaving the turnpike some distance farther
west than the old road now offers somewhat easier access
to the house on 58, in later years known as the "Gilson
house," which is now at the end of the road. For many
years the road there divided, one branch extending to the
"old country road," a quarter-mile north of Reuben Kidder's,
and the other to lot 70, as above stated, but midway thither
sending off a branch meeting the north line of the town at
a point near the common corner of Temple and Sharon. That
the farther of the two lots was the home of Mr. Brown at
the time now considered is made more probable by the record
of acceptance, two years later, of a "Bridle Road Beginning
at the southwest corner of Josiah Walton's lot thence on the
west line of Josiah Brown's lott to the Road from Thomas
Browns Down to Isaac How's." The value of those roads
in the early days is indicated by a vote passed eight years
later to "Except the Road from Ringe by Josiah Browns to
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Edmund Briants," evidently composed of both the roads just
mentioned as diverging from lot 58, and also nearly three
miles of road now nearly or quite unused, but in early days
passing the homes of Timothy Stearns, 151, A. D.. Henry
Fletcher, 152, A. D., David Rumrill, 138, A. D., and others,
and leaving the town three-fourths of a mile south from its
northwest corner.
In 1764 a road was accepted from the north line of the
town past the house of Capt. Joseph Parker in 44, N. D.,
afterward the site of the New Ipswich Water Cure, to the
home of Simeon Gould in 40, N. D., where it joined the
earlier road to the embryonic Center Village. There are
quite clear indications that before this new road was opened
there had been a primitive thoroughfare from northern lo-
calities which passed by Simeon Gould's and was probably
continuous with the southerly path previously mentioned as
passing the Francis Appleton house. Very possibly the tra-
ditions of the youthful matrons of Temple who were accus-
tomed to come, in equestrian style of those days, to the
Sunday services of New Ipswich, antedating those of their
later settled homes, may have survived in recollections of the
passage through that woodland path. At the same meeting
was accepted a road commencing at the road "from Dor-
chester Canada" (now Ashburnham) a little north of the
house of Hezekiah Corey on 79, A. D., and extending south-
westerly to the house of Joel Crosby on 81, A. D., the lo-
cation of which is still preserved by the remaining traces
of a cellar upon the west side of the old road, now barely
passable at that point, which leads from Smith Village to
the old "Breed farms," 80. A. D., now owned by Frederic
and Willis Mansfield, and 82, A. D., at the end of the road,
long the home of the retired seaman, Samuel Chandler.
By action taken in 1765 and somewhat modified in 1767
and 1770, provision was made for the convenience of a sec-
tion of the town near the southern line, along which settle-
ment was apparently advancing at that date, but in which
the means of intercommunication seem in most places to
have been private roads not yet legalized by the town. The
various votes of that period of adjustment located two roads;
first, a part of the present southern road to Rindge, extend-
ing from the eastern side of XII : 4, S. R., then the home of
Lieut. Stephen Adams, Jr., and later the property of Roger
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Chandler and his descendants, through a corner of XIII : 4,
S. R., then the home of Col. Joseph Parker, and onward
through the land of Simeon Wright, 98, N. L. O., later the
home of Roger Ryan, John Nutting, and Almon A. Hill in
succession, to a point somewhat west of the summit of Binney
Hill, 100, N. L. O., where were then the homes of John
Walker and Oliver Wright. From that point it would seem
that a passable way, private or accepted by the town, may
be assumed as offering passage to the "Governor's Road,"
extending from "Governor's Hill," as the western side of
Binney Hill was termed, across the state line at lot 86.
A. D.
The second road of that location and period diverged
southerly from the first road just given near the line be-
tween XI : 4 and XII : 4, S. R., passed just west of the barn
of Samuel Parker, whose home was on XI : 4, where a cellar,
now entirely evident, probably marks the place of his resi-
dence, through the land of Simeon Hildreth, a part of XII :
4. whence the traces of his cellar were removed more than
fifty years ago, to the home of Dea. James Chandler on the
summit of "Page Hill," XIII : 2, N. L. O., thence through the
farms of Jesse and Abraham Carlton, 85, A. D., later the
Stone farm, and that of Stephen Adams, Sr., 84, A. D.. for
many years the Blanchard farm, and finally reached the
lot of John Wheeler, 86, A. D., at or near the state line.
where in due time union was made with the "Governor's
Road" before mentioned. The part of that road lying north
of Dea. Chandler's has long been discontinued, having been
replaced by the road ascending Page Hill from Smith Vil-
lage more directly, but the old way is easily followed through
most of its extent. The more southern portion of the road
was subjected to frequent minor changes of position in early
years, but the road practically the same still continues to
do the duty for which it was designed.
In 1768 it was voted "to open the Road through m'".
Joseph Kidder's Land to accomodate the South East Treavil
to the Meeting House" and also through Benjamin .Safford's
land to his barn ; that is the half-mile of road known in the
former history as Main or Barrett street.
In 1770 the facility of communication between the north-
ern and southern lines of farms advancing toward the moun-
tain line at the west was much increased by a road from the
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road between XIV: 2 and XV: 2, S. R., built for the ac-
commodation of Nathaniel Carlton eight years before, to the
region soon to be the home of Stephen Hildreth, if he had not
already arrived ; there seems to have been some practicable
route not definitely recorded between his home, XIV : 2, S. R.,
and the road to Binney Hill.
At this date the greater part of the town had acquired
so complete a network of streets, including no small number
concerning the origin of which no record has been found,
that a further continuance of the record of the creation of
additional thoroughfares does not seem expedient, as it will
not throw sufficient additional light upon the progress of
the town. Occasionally, however, a record of later date
seems to have relations that ought not to pass unnoticed.
In 1771 the "bridle road" toward Rindge extending from
Simeon Wright's to John Walker's was made an "Open Road"
and continued to Rindge line, passing, by an old route noAV
traceable through the woodland with considerable difficulty,
a short distance south of Binney Pond and on to the Rindge
line not more than forty rods farther north than the present
road past the ruins of the old school-house of the union
New Ipswich and Rindge district. A branch from that road
not far west from Binney Pond turned northerly to lot 106,
N. L. O., the home of "Capt. James Preston," later of Richard
Wheeler. The last quarter-mile of that road is located with-
out difficulty.
In 1775 a road from the house of Aaron Chamberlain,
(now of I. E. Aldrich,) 56, N. L. O., to the road from Smith
Village to the Breed farms was accepted. Doubtless that
was the more northerly of the two roads which might be
thus described, that is the one meeting the Breed road at
the old "Collins house," 60, N. L. O., now closed. The south-
erly road meeting the Breed road near the Breed house on
80, A. D., then occupied by Daniel Ramsdell, was voted in
1843. The road easterly from the Chamberlain house to the
Ashburnham road was not voted until 1832, the only high-
way to that farm before that date being the one first pre-
sented above under the date of 1775.
In 1780 the road was accepted from Col. Thomas Heald's
house upon 187, N. L. O., later the Estabrooks tavern, south-
erly to Abel Hildreth's on the Ashby line, 68, A. D.
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The Turnpike
In 1816 the demand for a more direct route from the
eastern part of the town to the Congregational church re-
cently erected on the spot now held by its successor was
satisfied by the construction of the road from the hill west
of the farmhouse of Benjamin Champney to the church.
In 1817 the present road ascending Page Hill from a
point upon the Rindge road about one-fourth of a mile
southerly from Smith Village and meeting the old road be-
tween the Joseph Warren house and that of Stillman Gib-
son, previously the property of Dea. Joseph Chandler, on
XIII : 2, N. L. O.. was accepted. The southerly branch
road to the house of Jeremiah Prichard, since for a long time
known as the "William Wheeler farm," was made at the same
time.
In 1828 the river road from the High Bridge to the Mason
(now Greenville) town line was constructed, and in 1836 the
road extending southeasterly from the Congregational church
and meeting the road from the Bank Village to Dr. Stillman
Gibson's at "the whirlpool."
That part of the Rindge road passing just westerl}- of
Smith Village which lies farther north than the shop built
by Charles Taylor, but now owned by Hughes, was built in
1847, and the southern portion three years later.
In 1853 the road from the western part of the Bank Vil-
lage to a point on the turnpike about midway between the
Center Village and the High Bridge was built through VI: 1,
S. R., and also the road from the northern end of Gibson
Village to the "Willard house" near the center of VII : 3.
where it connects with the old road of 1755 running past
that house.
The record of the prominent roads of the town would
be far from complete if the story of the turnpike, following
approximately the line appearing earliest upon maps of New
Ipswich, were omitted. Although that enterprise, designed
for public convenience and private emolument, long ago met
the fate of similar projects elsewhere, it really for a time
was a noteworthy element in the activities of the town, and
it seems strange to those who can recall the middle of the
preceding century that members of the younger generation
hardly know accurately what its name means, or that it ever
was anything more than a street of the Center Village. But
this promising highway, entering New Ipswich at the Wheeler
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History of New Ipswich
tavern in 5, A. D., and leaving it near the northwest corner
of the town, was a noted route for rapid travel a century
ago, and still more valued by the owners of the four- or
six-horse wagons which in those days conveyed the farmer's
crops to market, and the desired goods, bought in the same
lower country towns, on the return trip. But the turnpike and
the four rather noted taverns scattered along the nine miles of
its length within the town, elements in the circulatory system
of those earlier days, have no place in the age of railroads
and have disappeared.
The story of the turnpike, written by one who clearly
remembered the days of its activity, is here copied from the
former history of the town.
"At the very commencement of the century the 'Third
New Hampshire Turnpike' was projected. It was very
strongly opposed by those in the westerly part of the town
through whose lands it was to pass, and who wished to have
it take a more southerly route, and gave rise to some riotous
proceedings by no means creditable to those concerned. One
party sustained the contractors in breaking through the lands,
while another did what they could, by threats and annoy-
ances, to drive off the working party. Ploughs, shovels, and
other implements were carried oiT or mutilated, and not a
few bruised heads and lawsuits resulted.
"The turnpike was fifty miles long, extending from
Townsend to Walpole. Its location was as bad as it could
well be, and was laid out on the idea that the most direct
course was both the shortest and the most expeditious ; hence
there was the tugging directly over the summit of steep
hills, when it would have been as near to go round them on
nearly level ground. The contract for constructing it was
chiefly taken by Col. Bellows of Walpole, assisted by Squire
Hartwell and others ; and sections of it were undertaken in
this town by Seth Wheeler and Maj. Adams. It proved an
unprofitable enterprise. It cost about $50,000. divided into
shares of $200. A very small dividend was declared for a
few years ; but in 1813 the stock had depreciated so much
that it sold for twelve dollars a share ; and about the year
1819, for some small sum, which was raised by voluntary sub-
scription, it was made a free road and adopted by the town.
The toll-gates were placed, one at the foot of the hills in
Mason, and the other near where the Rindge road turns ofif
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The Turnpike
above the Flat Mountain, The people above this latter gate,
however, did not choose to pay toll for coming to the village,
and therefore cut a road around it. Travellers and teams
soon learned to avail themselves of the same loophole, and
the directors found it more judicious to allow the citizens
and their neighbors to travel two or three miles free, and
catch those who travelled long distances ; so the gate was
removed westward to near the borders of the town."
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CHAPTER II
NEW IPSWICH IN VARIOUS FORMS-GRANTS, CLAIMS,
CHARTERS, AND SURVEYS
(a"
B'
AOCO Original I'eporhJ a^■mm^.
EFGHJH. AmanJcJ gronf
-"^--^ LMNO StconJ <)fant.
f7 npHE early his-
/ -^ tory of New
England shows
that many a
town, when it
first lawfully
received a dis-
tinctive appel-
lation, was of
far too broad
extent for a per-
manent unity
oof feeling i n
local matters,
and so with passing years
it became expedient to
recognize the more or less
divergent desires of different sections, and to make such divi-
sions as would permit local differences and yet retain harmo-
nious action upon broader common interests. Such were
many of the early New England units. But New Ipswich
had no such experience ; it was never a part of an earlier town,
nor did it witness the birth of a younger town in its own area.
It might, therefore, seem that its form must have been
ever the same, and that no such rather complicated figure
as is presented in the margin could have a place in its his-
tory. But this graphic presentation gives no suggestion of
the division by some stress within a larger unit ; the causes
of the varying boundaries must be sought at a distance.
Space cannot be taken here for a full discussion of the vary-
ing interests which had a part in the decision of the loca-
tion and conditions of New Ipswich, and without doubt some
threads in the tangled web of causes and effects left no
clearly formed, intelligible figures in the result.
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Errors in Early Grants
But perhaps a brief presentation of two of the more po-
tent causes of the tardy determination of the town bound-
aries will satisfy the general reader. These causes were,
first, the general ignorance of the English authorities in re-
lation to the immense American areas under their rule, and
second, the long continued hostility between the parties of
the Puritan and the Cavalier.
The permanence of the first of those causes is suggested
by a map of the New England region published as late as
1768 in an atlas evidently prepared for the use of the upper
classes in England, as its price was six guineas, in which
the name "New Ipswich" was applied to the southern part
of Winchendon, Mass., previously known as "Ipswich Can-
ada," while the true New Ipswich, which at that time had
been an incorporated town for six years, was shown, as on
an older map of 1748, as a square designated by the words,
"To Ipswich," which was so misplaced by a rotation of
twenty-five degrees that its southern and eastern sides crossed
the state line, thus locating one-twentieth of the area of the
town, at its southeastern corner, in Massachusetts. But this
was a very insignificant error in comparison with those of
the early grants, apparently sometimes the result of care-
lessness, but more frequently due to a more or less defined
belief that the American rivers flowing into the Atlantic
necessarily flowed approximately parallel from the western
region, so that grants of land might conveniently be bounded
by these streams and by lines running westwardly from their
headwaters to the Pacific Ocean, the distance to that body
of water being entirely unsuspected. Evidently any consid-
erable deviation of the rivers from their assumed parallel di-
rections must superimpose two or more grants and present
for decision very difficult problems of ownership. The case
of New Ipswich presented difficulties due in part to a care-
less overlapping of grants, but in part also to the unwarranted
assumption concerning the lines of river courses, both the
errors of "the Council established at Plynioiith in the County
of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing
of New England in America" in whose charter granted by
King James I, November 3, 1620, the territory included in the
grant was defined as "lying and being in breadth from Fort}'
Degrees of Northerly Latitude from the Equinoctial Line to
the Forty Eighth Degree of the said Northerly Latitude, in-
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History of New Ipswich
clusively, and in length of and within all the breadth afore-
said throughout all the Main Lands from Sea to Sea."
Two grants made by that "Council of Plymouth" demand
attention in considering the troubles of the settlers in New
Ipswich more than a century afterward, although later ac-
tion of King Charles I and also of King William and Queen
Mary complicated the question to some extent. On August
10, 1662, the Council granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and
Capt. John Mason, both members of the Council and the one
first named its president,
all that part of the main land in New England lying upon the sea-coast
betwixt y^ rivers of Merrimack and Sagadahock, and to the furthest
heads of the said rivers, and soe forwards up into the land westward
until three-score miles be finished from y" first entrance of the afore-
said rivers, and half way over; that is to say, to the midst of the said
two rivers w*^"* bounds and limitts the lands aforesaid together with all
the islands and isletts within five leagues distance of y* premises and
abutting upon y" same or any part or parcell thereof.
Later grants to the same parties apparently cover the same
ground in part, but confirm the center line of the Merrimack
river as the southern boundary.
But upon March 19, 1627/8, the Council granted to ''Sir
Henry Roswell, Sir John Young, Knights, Thomas Soitthcott, John
Humphreys, John Endicott, and Simon Whetcombe"
all that part of New England in America aforesaid, which lyes and ex-
tends between a great River there, commonly called Monomack alias
Merrimack, and a certain other River there called Charles River, being
in a bottom of a certain Bay there commonly called Massachusetts, alias
Mattachusetts, alias Massatusetts Bay, and also all and singular those
Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever, lying and being within the space
of three English Miles on the South part of the said Charles River, or of
any and every Part thereof; and also all and singular the Lands and He-
reditaments whatsoever, lying and being within the space of three English
Miles to the Southward of the southernmost part of said Bay called
the Massachusetts, alias Mattachusetts, alias Massatusetts Bay; and also
all those Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever which lye and be within
the space of three English Miles to the Northward of the said River
called Monomack, alias Merrimack, or to the Northward of any and
every part thereof, and all Lands and Hereditaments whatsoever lying
within the limits aforesaid North and South in Latitude, and in Breadth,
and in Length, and longitude, of and within all the breadth aforesaid
throughout the Main Lands there, from the Atlantick and Western Sea
and Ocean on the East part to the South Sea on the West part, and
all Lands and Grounds, Place and Places, Soil, Woods and Wood-
Grounds, Havens, Ports, Rivers, Waters, Fishing and Hereditaments
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The Massachusetts Claim
whatsoever, lying within the said bounds and limits, and every part
and parcell thereof.
A year later this grant was confirmed by King Charles I,
who at the same time constituted the grantees and others
who had been admitted during the year as their associates, a
corporation bearing the title "The Governor and Company
of the Massachusetts Bay in New England."
Obviously the strip of land three miles in width along
the northern bank of the Merrimack River which was in-
cluded in both of those grants was certain to cause trouble
sooner or later ; but the unrecognized fact that the river flowed
in a southerly direction instead of toward the east until within
about thirty miles of the sea was still more threatening, as
it was uncertain which grant included the large extent of
land lying westerly from that part of the Merrimack above
the point of change in its direction. While the doubtful ter-
ritory remained inhabited only by Indians and hunters no
practical questions demanded solution, and the location of
the "furthest head" of the river from which, according to
Gorges and Mason's grant, the bounds were to extend "soe
forwards up into the land westward," was left unsettled, al-
though the claims of each party were known. Massachusetts
claimed the three-mile strip on the eastern side of the river
nearly to Lake Winnipisaukee, where, as was claimed, the
river was formed by the union of two smaller streams, while
New Hampshire asserted that the name had never been rightly
applied to the stream above the farthest incoming of the salt
water at high tide, which was near Haverhill, Mass.
For many years there was no appeal to English authority;
but had the attention of the home powers been invoked there
seems little doubt that there would have been a clear division
along the party lines so sharply drawn in the middle of the
seventeenth century, the Royal-Episcopalian sentiment favor-
ing Gorges and Mason, and the dissenting element which
brought the Commonwealth into power their fellow-partisans
in Massachusetts. At all events it is a striking coincidence
that 1653, the year in which Cromwell turned the key behind
the Long Parliament, also saw the name of Governor John
Endicott cut upon a rock, afterward covered by the rising
waters of Lake Winnipisaukee, as establishing the north-
eastern corner of Massachusetts.
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History of New Ipswich
The Gorges and Mason claim was divided at an early
date, the doubtful section being taken by Mason, but neither
he nor those to whonii later the Masonian claim was as-
signed thought it advisable to enter upon a vigorous contest.
But about 1725 settlers began to multiply on the disputed
region by virtue of grants from Alassachusetts, which was
not at all averse to securing that possession which so often
proves to be "nine points of the law," and an era of pro-
tests, committees, and commissions ensued, with a final refer-
ence to the King, George II, who on March 5, 1739/40,
decided that the river should be followed only as far as its
course was from the west, and in determining the point of
departure from the river, he gave New Hampshire a strip
fourteen miles in width which she had not claimed, including
of course New Ipswich, in which the only settlers were
Abijah Foster with wife and daughter and probably infant
son Ebenezer in their new home near the spot to be afterward
occupied by Union Hall. Perhaps Jonas Woolson had re-
turned from his winter sojourn in Littleton, Mass., and may
have been at work preparing a home for his future wife where
now stands the home of the Country Club, or he may have
been in company with Benjamin Hoar, who had come with
similar purpose to the next lot toward the river.
Immediately after the decision of the king, Jonathan
Belcher, governor-in-chief over both provinces, sought a joint
survey of the common state line from the designated point,
three miles north from Pawtucket Falls, due west to the
Hudson River. New Hampshire at once assented, but for
some reason the Massachusetts authorities delayed action,
and on March 24, 1740/1, Surveyor Richard Hazzen with
chainmen and other suitable assistants entered upon that duty,
which he completed seventeen days later. A few lines from
his private journal are here quoted which show the changes
in town boundaries made necessary by the establishment of
the new line, that the line might not divide any town.
In the Course from the point where I first Set out the Line Cros*
through part of Dracutt and Nottingham, and leaves but a small part
of Dracutt Northerly of it; but, the Greatest part of Nottingham, the
Greatest part of Dunstable falls on the Northerly side and but a Small
part of Groton, and Townsend ; the Greatest part of the Towns of New
Ipswich Rowley Cannada & Sylvester, fall Northerly of the line, by
the best Information I can gett : the Greatest part of Winchester if
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The Ipswich Grant
not all falls on the Northerly Side, and a third part of the lands of
Northfeild, if not more, tho but Two Houses Only: There are many
other Towns further North which were beyond my observation laid out
& peopled by the Massachusetts Bay.
The result of the conditions which have been considered
upon the formation of New Ipswich may now be presented
in more definite form, and perhaps the motive of the initial
step can be stated no better than in the words of the early
American historian, Dr. William Douglass, quoted in the for-
mer history of the town as follows : "About the middle of the
last century, the General Assembly of Massachusetts was in
the humor of distributing the property of much vacant or
Province land ; perhaps in good policy and forethought, to
secure to the Massachusetts people, by possession, the property
of part of some controverted lands," .... "Our Assem-
bly, at that time, were in such a hurry to appropriate vacant
lands, that several old towns were encouraged to petition for an
additional new township ; and when they were satiated, the As-
sembly introduced others, by way of bounty to the descend-
ants of the soldiers in the Indian War of King Philip, so
called, (1675,) and these were called Narragansett toivnships;
and others to the soldiers in Sir William Phipps' expedition
into Canada, (1690,) which were called Canada toivnships."
Many of those grants were made in 1735/6, and on Janu-
ary 15 of that year New Ipswich was granted to petitioners
largely from Ipswich, Mass., whence the name of the new
social unit, not yet a town, although later events destroyed
the original predominance of settlers from Ipswich and neigh-
boring towns. The grant was made in the following terms :
PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
Jany 15th, 1735-36. In the House of Representatives.
In answer to the Petition of John Wainwright and John Choat
Esqr. Representatives of the town of Ipswich, In behalf of sundry in-
habitants of sd town. Voted that the prayer be granted and that John
Wainwright and John Choat Esqrs, with such as shall be joyned by
the Honorable board be a committee at the charge of the Grantees
and such of the Inhabitants as they shall think proper, to lay out a
township of six miles square in some of the unappropriated lands of
the Province and that they return a plat thereof to this court within
twelve months for confirmation, and that for the more effectual bringing
forward the settlement of the sd new town ; Ordered that the said
town be laid out into sixty-three equal shares, one of which to be for
the first settled minister, one for the ministry and one for the school,
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History of New Ipswich
and that on each of the other sixty shares, the Grantees do within
three years after the confirmation of the plan settle one good family
who shall have a house built on his home lot of eighteen feet square
and seven feet stud at the least, and finished; that each right or Grantee
have six acres of Land brought to and plowed or brought to English
Grass and fitted for mowing, that they settle a learned and orthodox
minister and build a convenient Meeting house for the public worship
of God, and that said committee take bond of each Settler of forty pounds
for his complying with the conditions of settlement, and that each settler
that shall fail of performing the aforesaid conditions shall forfeit his
share or right in the new town to the Government and the same to be
disposed of as they shall see cause.
In Council read and concurred and Thomas Berry, Esqr. is joined
with the committee in the said affair.
Consented to, J. BELCHER.
In accordance with the above action a township six miles
square was soon after laid out by Surveyor Jonas Houghton
of Ipswich, and the plot, a mere outline, was returned to the
General Court for approval. In the record of action thereon
it is described as "bordering Southerly on a township laid
out to Tileston and others, Canada Soldiers, and adjoyning
to the town of Townsend," but apparently the word "adjoyn-
ing" was not to be taken literally, as it was voted that it
"be accepted as it is reformed by the pricked lines as within
set forth so as it adjoyns to Townsend," showing that, as was
often the case in the early township surveys, such land was
chosen as seemed most desirable to the grantees with little
consideration whether the strips lying between the new town-
ship and its nearest neighbors were sufficient for the forma-
tion of other new townships in due time. In this case, how-
ever, the General Court deemed it advisable to leave no such
intermediate space, and so removed the new township nearly
four miles eastward, at the same time changing its form
from a square to a figure not far removed from a rhomboid
in order that it might conform to the western line of Towns-
end, then considerably larger than in later years.
The embryonic New Ipswich is represented in the initial
diagram of this chapter by the square ABCD, and its figure
after legal birth by EFGHJK. The exact position of the square
is somewhat uncertain, but probably it included a little more
than one-half of the present New Ipswich, its eastern bound-
ary line passing a little eastward of the summit of Kidder
Mountain, thence southerly just east of Davis Village and
through the site of Smith Village, and crossing the state
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The Changing Boundaries
line in the region long known as the "Breed farms," lots 80,
82, A. D., it located the southeastern corner, C, in Ashby, a
few rods south of the state line. The other corners were
situated approximately as follows : The northwestern cor-
ner, A, in Jaifrey, a mile northward from Squantum Village;
the northeastern corner, B, in Temple, south of Temple
Mountain, but a mile eastward from Spofford Gap; and
the southwestern corner, D, near the point where the state
line crosses the eastern side of Monomonac Pond.
According to the plat of Surveyor Houghton the direc-
tion of the western side of the square was N. 12° E., but as
at that date the western variation of the needle was not far
from ten degrees, the deviation of the southern line from a
true east and west direction must have been about two de-
grees, which agrees with later determinations as nearly as
could be expected.
The accepted position of the town after its removal to
the east between its prolonged northern and southern bound-
aries is less uncertain than that of the square, but the existing
early records are not such as can give great accuracy. That
its northwestern corner, E, was in Sharon, and about three-
fourths of a mile southerly from the site of the present brick
schoolhouse ; the northeastern corner, F, in the southwestern
corner of Wilton, near the Temple line ; the southeastern cor-
ner, H, a few rods beyond the Massachusetts line, and nearly
south from the site of the "George Ramsdell house" east of
Whittemore Hill, on 70, A. D. ; and the southwestern corner,
/, about three-fourth of a mile west of the present south-
western corner near the Rindge turnpike, is nearly correct.
The records of the Massachusetts Proprietors are not
known to be in existence, and the details of the work of the
early years is very imperfectly known. It is evident, however,
that the conditions in respect to improvement of shares within
three years were by no means fulfilled, probably to a great
extent because the title to the lands soon became understood
to be very uncertain. The most valuable of the early papers
which have been found is perhaps the map mentioned on the
first page of chapter one. It bears no date, but the words
"Province Line on this Side" written a little way beyond
the northern line of the township show that it antedated
Hazzen's survey of 1740-1 ; and the abbreviated name of some
tree at nearly every lot corner indicates that the survey was
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History of New Ipswich
made while yet the entire town was practically a wilderness.
Only 128 lots are designated upon the map, those included
in the North Division and the South Ranges, comprising a
block four miles square. The positions of the streams, as
given on this early map, make it certain that the lots are
identical with those bearing the same numbers on later maps,
but by some error, probably of a draughtsman who constructed
the map from the notes of the surveyor without visiting the
land himself, the portion of the township there represented
is made its southeast corner, and a now somewhat indistinct
line of writing seems to declare it to border on Dorchester
Canada, located where now are Ashburnham and Ashby.
Without doubt those lots numbered in the earliest survey
should have been represented one mile from^ the southern line
of the town, thus leaving a strip not divided into lots one
mile in width along the north line of the town, as well as the
south line. The boundaries of the lots were naturally laid
out parallel to the township lines, and hence there were no
rectangular lots, a condition continuing to the present day
to the great discomfiture of surveyors seeking boundaries de-
pendent upon early lot lines, an inconvenience greatly in-
creased by a small angle in the Townsend line, necessarily
transferred to the New Ipswich line and thence to the approx-
imately north and south boundaries of lots throughout the en-
tire block now considered, and containing about one-half the
area of the town. It may be here added that the later division
of the remaining half was so made as to give additional
variety to the angles, and to make reference to ancient land-
marks still more difficult.
But despite the serious defects mentioned, that ancient
map is very valuable, if for no other reason than its presenta-
tion of the names of those owning the lots settled in the
early days of the town, there being only four lots of the
entire number in the sixteen square miles the ownership of
which is not designated. But it is somewhat surprising to
find how few are the names continuing from "Old Ipswich"
far into the history of New Ipswich. It is not certain that
even one of the sixty-one lot-owners whose names are borne
upon that early map became a resident in the town, although
apparently William Brown, the owner of lot 30, N. D., after-
ward long the home of his son Ebenezer, probably came to
New Ipswich about 1763 and remained several years. Thomas
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The Earl\' Settlers
Dennis, owner of lot 57, N. D.. appears as owner of the same
lot in 1750, but he resided in town very briefly, if at all.
Thomas Adams and Isaac Appleton, however, earnestly con-
tinued their interest in the town, were the two largest land-
owners at the time of its second birth, and although neither
of them changed his own residence to New Ipswich, their
sons, Benjamin and Ephraim Adams and Isaac and Francis
Appleton, were among the prominent citizens of their genera-
tion. No descendants of any of the four Ipswich grantees
here mentioned have continued one of these family names
in town to the present time, although it is by no means im-
probable that some of the later settlers bearing the names
Foster. Howe, Knowlton, Potter, Safford, Smith, Start, or
Warren, may have descended from kinsmen of the early lot-
owners. But a considerable amount of careful search has
failed to disclose any lines of direct descent.
Two conditions joined to cause such a change, so unusual
in New England history. Those early settlers were by no
means fickle and impetuous men, expecting, like many who
have in later years left New England for the West, to acquire
wealth in only a few years, and in default of such success
ready to remove again. In a large majority of cases they
were earnest, deliberate workers, planning to secure by
sturdy, continued effort, a comfortable home in which they
might rear children like themselves among whom, in the home
they planned to make, they might pass their later years. Such
plans do not change for nought, nor from sudden impulse.
But in the case of New Ipswich and other towns granted by
Massachusetts at about the same date, in the southwestern
portion of New Hampshire, a special potent condition had
a place. The claim of John Mason, presented earlier in this
chapter, at the time now under consideration more than a
hundred years old. and in the hands of John Tufton Mason,
sixth in the line of descent from its original owner, was so
long neglected during the time of special strength in English
councils of the dissenting party that apparently it was al-
most forgotten, and after the English Restoration its possible
value found recognition very slowly. But at about the time
of the rapid creation of Massachusetts townships in the dis-
puted territory, perhaps indeed caused by that forward move-
ment, the ancient claim became more real in public thought.
with a resulting delay on the part of grantees to enter upon
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History of New Ipswich
their distant possessions and a sad loss of enthusiasm on
the part of those who had entered upon the work of wresting
from the wilderness a home which, after all the faithful labor,
might not be theirs. And when immediately after the first
three or four little spots had been opened beside the old
"country road" the surveyor ran the line which so clearly
might utterly invalidate all their claims, it is not surprising
that enthusiasm weakened and the advance nearly ceased.
Still a few settlers came from various places ; Jonas Woolson
from Watertown in some way succeeded to the lots of Mark
Howe, an Ipswich grantee. Benjamin Hoar from Littleton
secured the lots of Robert Potter, another Ipswich grantee,
but made his home on the "country road" near the home of
Jonas Woolson, Joseph Stevens from Townsend instead of
Jeremiah Smith, and so on until there may have been a
dozen or more dwellings in the eastern part of the town.
But in 1748 the second adverse condition appeared. Hitherto
the settlers had seen little of the Indians, and no trouble in
this respect had -been experienced, nor at this time did the
Indians enter New Ipswich. But they came with hostile pur-
pose altogether too near the few isolated houses of the little
settlement to make it seem expedient for the families to
remain thus exposed. A party of about eighty Indians burned
the house of John Fitch near the southern line of Ashby. and
carried him with his wife and children to Canada, where they
were held prisoners for several months. The inhabitants of
New Ipswich with a single exception fled to a blockhouse at
Townsend, where they remained several weeks, until they
learned that the Indians had passed the Connecticut River
on their way to Canada. The one resident who refused to
abandon his home was Capt. Moses Tucker, who had won
his title in previous contest with the Indians and disdained
a retreat. The meeting-house which, in accordance with the
conditions of the grant, had been built on the north side of
the "country road," midway between that road and the sum-
mit of the hill just east from the present Academy, was burned
during their absence.
It cannot be denied that the prospect of a long continu-
ance for that little group of families, dAvelling in a few cleared
openings in the wilderness scattered over an area perhaps
two by three miles in extent, was by no means hopeful. The
details of the condition are practically unknown. Probably
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John Tufton Alason
no official records were made within the settlement — the
methods of life were too primitive to require them ; the greater
part of the Proprietors were still resident in Ipswich, Mass.,
where Thomas Norton, a graduate from Harvard College, was
their clerk and treasurer, and undoubtedly kept a record of
the Proprietors' meetings ; but very few facts concerning their
activities are now known. Some light is thrown upon the
early activities of the settlement by a later petition signed
by twenty-eight of the sixty-one grantees or their successors,
who in 1767 asked of the General Court compensation for
their losses caused by the failure of the title which they had
received from the Court, and relying upon which they had
"built a Meeting House, a saw mill, Bridges, &c, besides Ex-
pending a great deal on their Several Rights."
However, ere long the fathers of the town, who with their
wives and children could not have far exceeded one hundred
in number, found a way by which they might "out of the
nettle danger pluck the flower safety," but the presentation
of that process demands the recall of John Tufton Mason,
before mentioned, who in 1746 was thirty-three years of age
and was a captain stationed at Louisburg. Apparently the
founding of towns and similar activities were not his chosen
avocation, and he desired that he might, for a due considera-
tion, transfer his title to the government of the Province, a
change which he believed would be "Expedient to the Well-
fare of the Inhabitants." But failing to effect such transfer,
apparently, in part at least, by reason of an Entail in John
Mason's will, he proceeded, according to a letter believed to
have been written by George Jaffrey, afterward clerk of the
purchasers, to John Tomlinson, to dispose of it as stated in
that letter below :
In June 1746 Cap* Mason at his own Expence had a Common
Recovery pass'd at y^ court of Common Pleas to dock y* Entail of his
Ancestor's Will, and being determin'd to make Sale of his Right in
New Hampshire which descended to him by that will he generously
offered to Sell it to People of New Hampshire before any others, from
a just Apprehension of y* pernicious Consequence the Selling it to our
friendly Neighbors would be to all y" Inhabitants within a short time
after y* Process of y" Common Recovery was Compleated Cap* Mason
offered to make Sale of his Said Right to Gentlemen whom he know
were Friends to the Prosperity of this Province or nearly related to
Such & none refused to purchase of him, and of those Persons I
believe every man in a political or private Capacity Sollicited the mem-
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History of New Ipswich
hers of y* Assembly to Comply with your Agreement with Mason.
Cap* Mason being then under Order to repair to his Post at Louis-
bourg in a few days, hasten'd y"' Coming to a Conclusion of the Sale in
his Right, and a meeting was proposed at his Request to agree with him
upon the affait, & when met it was proposed to defer y*" matter, to
See if y* Assembly who were then Sitting would not comply with y^
Agreement but Cap* Mason considered y" length of time Since it first
lay before them and more than a month since y^ Common Recovery
pass'd to dock y* entail, and y^ disdainfull usage his personal Applica-
tions met with from y^ Assembly that he was then Resolved to have
no further communication with them upon y* affair so nothing further
could be offered upon that head — there were twelve of ye purchasers
present and it was proposed that you should have a part equal to any
of y* purchasers and Cap* Mason reserved and equal part for you and
an equal part Designed for Jn" Rindge and the Sum in Consideration
of y* Sale was by halfe as much more than you agreed with Mason for
y*" Government, then the Form of a Deed was y* Subject of Considera-
tion Coir Atkinson was to have ^,^5 conveyed to him one for himselfe
& two of w*^*" intended to be reconvey to Mason one of w*^" he designed
for you another for himselfe M H. W — th -15 his own and for Jn°
Rindge then a minor — the other ten part to y*" Persons named.
The plan sketched in that letter was carried into effect
upon July 30, 1746, the consideration named being- £1500, for
which sum John Tufton Mason conveyed the broad expanse
of country with western boundary still somewhat uncertain,
but including- many settlements from whose inhabitants the
establishment of the northern line of Massachusetts had taken
all legal title to the farms upon which they had labored, to
new owners afterward known as the "Masonian Proprietors."
The twelve purchasers named in the deed were "Theodore
Atkinson, Richard Wibird, John Moffatt, Mark Hunking
Wentworth. Samuel Moore, Jotham Adiorne jun"" & Joshua
Peirce Esqrs. Nathaniel Meserve. George Jaffrey jun"" & John
Wentworth jim'" Gentlemen all of Portsmouth aforesaid &
Thomas Wallingford of Summerworth in said Province Esq""
Sz Thomas Packer of Greenland in y** Province aforesaid
Esq""," but in fulfilment of the arrangement with Messrs. At-
kinson and Wentworth at the time of the purchase. John
Tufton Mason, John Tomlinson, and John Rindge were soon
added to the numbers, and before action was taken in resj^ect
to New Ipswich the list was further lengthened by the names
of Samuel Solley, Clement March. Matthew T^ivermore, Wil-
liam Parker, and Joseph Blanchard, the last three being given
membership in return for legal assistance and advice. Daniel
Peirce and Mary Moore succeeded to the place of Samuel
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The Masonian Proprietors
Moore, and since Solley and March together had but one right,
and the same ownership appears between Tomlinson and Ma-
son, the power holding the fate of the town contained only
eighteen units, although bearing twenty-one names on its roll.
It may reasonably be inferred that the renewed assertion
of the Masonian claim, and the sale of the land to an able
and influential body of proprietors, who could not be expected
to release to the former owners the land they had thus legally
acquired, caused the Ipswich proprietors to think that their
own entire loss was unavoidable unless the vigorous denials
made in some quarters of the legality of certain steps in the
claim and procedure should produce in some way a more
favorable outlook, and so they remained quiet awaiting re-
sults until the methods of the Masonian Proprietors awakened
a new hope. The first act of the new owners was to release
by a quitclaim all title which they might have to sixteen towns
in the eastern part of New Hampshire included in the Mason-
ian claim, even though Massachusetts had won the disputed
region westward from the Merrimac, and they then also
adopted a liberal and conciliatory policy to any Massachusetts
grants whose inhabitants acknowledged their changed condi-
tion and desired to retain the lands and improvements in-
dividually held by them. For some reason, which perhaps the
lost records would make evident. New Ipswich seems to have
been inactive in the matter, the first movement being revealed
by the record of a meeting which escaped the general fate
of other records.
At a Legal Meeting of the Prop'' of New-Ipswich at the Dwelling
House of Joseph Newhall in Ipswich on Tuesday the 14th of February
A D 1748—
Cor Thomas Berry Moderator —
Voted That CoP Daniel Appleton Col" John Choate & Col° Thomas
Berry be a Committee fully Authoriz'd & Impower'd in the Name &
Behalf of the Proprietors to Treat with the late Grantees of Mason's
Grant so call'd, or with Col" Joseph Blanchard or both as they shall
see meet respecting their Supposed Title to s^ New Ipswich and to make
a full & final Agreement and Settlement of any Differences or Disputes
that are between y* s* Grantees of s* Mason & y* s'' New Ipswich
Prop" relating to y" Title & Settlement thereof ; and what they, or
either two of them do on the premisses to be Binding to the Proprietors.
.\nd if they Apprehend it not best to Agree, then to Report to the
Prop" (as soon as may be) what may be best further to be done.
Tho. Norton Pro Cler.
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Joseph Blanchard, named in the vote at Ipswich, had acted
as agent of the Masonian Proprietors in the settlements with
various neighboring towns, and the case of New Ipswich was
put into his hands. The following letter written by him to
that body is instructive.
Gentlemen
Coll" Choat & Coir Appleton a Com'^^ On Behalf of New Ipswich
has bin With me Treating Ab' your title to that township And are
disposed to Accom'odate Matters if they Can the lines of the town may
be Continued, nea the Same, & you will See by their plan 120 Lotts
are Lay'd out & Drawn they Request to hold them lotts as Lay'd out
and their Town Lines to Stand, of. Which the northeast Corner ; I must
take off, I Expect it will Intersect and Cut off ab* 8 Lotts, it Should
Shut Home to the province line & in Liew of What I take off on y"
East made up as per a plan I Send you the Seasonable & Effectuall
forwarding the Settlem' they Are Willing to. But they are not Willing
to Comply with the quantity to be Reserved therefore I have for that
Article in Special Referred to your detemination. And to have them
Easyly dealt with & their being Accom'odated, in the best way will
be very pleasing to y' Hum' Ser*
J. Blanchard.
Dunstable March 3^ — 1748
As may be seen, the foregoing meeting was just before
the Indian fright which so nearly depopulated New Ipswich
for some weeks, and probably delayed negotiations for a longer
period; but they were certainly resumed and on June 16, 1749,
the Masonian Proprietors authorized Joseph Blanchard to
lay out several towns, among which were No. 1, (Mason,)
No. 2, (Wilton,) and also "the lands lying between Peter-
borough on y^ north the said new Towns on y^ East and
so far South as to leave a Town on Square lines joining y^
Province line of Six miles Square in and adjoyning to New
Ipswich and to Extend westerly even with y** west line of
Peterborough." But this description in some way was greatly
modified, and nearly a year later Joseph Blanchard, present-
ing that vote as his authority, issued the Masonian Charter
making the town only about five-sixths as large as the "six
miles square" specified therein. Neither was its form a square,
as the descriptive term "on square lines joining the Province
line" would certainly indicate. Nor was its change from that
form made in order to conform to the oblique angles of the
Massachusetts survey and thus retain unmutilated the first
lots, as desired by the inhabitants who had improved them.
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Colonel Blanchard's Changes
But the "old Townsend line" inclining northeasterly was re-
placed in the eastern town boundary by a line inclining north-
westerly to about the same degree, and crossing the former
line two miles or more from the Province line, which cut from
the northeastern part of the town eight entire lots and a part
of eight others, together amounting to more than 800 acres
and including the present site of the village of Greenville, and
added at the southeastern corner a triangular area of some-
what smaller dimensions.
Apparently the change was made to the advantage of
Mason, Wilton, and "Peterborough Slip," (now Temple and
Sharon.) authorized by the same vote as New Ipswich, and
it is also probable that the southern line of Peterborough was
found to be nearer the Province line than had been anticipated,
thus leaving scanty room for "Peterborough Slip" between
Peterborough and New Ipswich, if the latter town should be
allowed its original dimensions of six miles from north to
south. There can be no doubt that it was supposed that the
block of lots comprising the North Division and the South
Ranges could be left unchanged, except those now forming
a part of the town of Greenville, and that there remained an
undivided strip one mile in width between the original lots
and the Province line. The square town authorized by the
Masonian Proprietors would have included a like strip one
mile in width along the northern side of the town but north
of the retained block of lots. This strip Blanchard made a
part of "Peterborough Slip." The former historian of New
Ipswich writes as follows concerning the unexplained change :
When we consider his non-compliance with these conditions, and the
injurious change made in this township, both by curtailment of its ter-
ritory and change of its location, we cannot but surmise some fraud
or injustice on the part of Col. Blanchard, as well as a strange disregard
to their rights and interests on the part of the grantees. We do not
learn, however, of any misgivings at that time. On the contrary, both
the contracting parties seem to have been satisfied ; as is evinced on the
part of the Masonian Proprietors by their giving Col. Blanchard a
right in the township with themselves ; and on the part of the grantees
by the liberal compensation they voted for his service.
It perhaps, however, may justly be considered that the
grant of a township right made by the Masonian Proprietors
to Col. Blanchard was really made at the expense of the
grantees, as it added the land held by this eighteenth right to
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History of New Ipswich
the number otherwise to be reserved by the grantors, and
the g-rantees were in no position to refuse compliance with
whatever terms the representative of the Proprietors saw fit
to ofifer. One of the honored sons of New Ipswich whose
views receive weight from his official position, the younger
Judge Timothy Farrar, left in an interleaved copy of the for-
mer history a review of those early transactions, from which
the following estimate is copied: —
Such was the state of things when the town came within the juris-
diction of New Hampshire, and the land within the claim of the owners
of the Masonian patent. Their true policy and their practice was to
quiet all possessions and all active claimants, so as to raise no interested
body of opponents to their absolute title, and enable them to appropriate
quietly all the ungranted lands. They obviously intended to pursue the
same course here. But their agent, Col. Blanchard, was a land surveyor
and speculator, and he found the simple-hearted young men, who had
taken up and improved their lands, were only anxious to retain their
possessions, and the non-resident Massachusetts Proprietors, having
neither residence nor possession, were passive in their position. He
therefore undertook to make a speculation for himself and his principals
by regranting the township contrary to his instructions. In doing this
he satisfied such of the Massachusetts Proprietors as either by them-
selves or their proxies came forward, made grants to such new friends
as he wished, reserved eighteen full rights to himself and his employers,
and changed the location and curtailed the limits to suit their interests.
A letter of Col. Blanchard to the Masonian Proprietors
and their reply are given below, as casting some light upon
the spirit prompting their action. Apparently the original
plan was to reserve for the Grantors one-half of each town-
ship, to be held without payment of taxes of any kind, await-
ing the so-termed "unearned increment" of the present day
which would arise from the labor of the grantee owners of
the remaining half, and only the refusal of the grantees forced
their acceptance of from sixteen to twenty shares out of an
entire number in each town of from sixty to eighty. Evi-
dently there was a line beyond which the proposed "alarm"
was not efifectual.
The venerable Society of Mason Hall —
Gentlemen —
In pursuance of your desire I have proceeded to measure the Lands
directed to make Setlement on, and find enough for five townships :
have not time to transmitt you a plan but shall Send it next week T
have Wrote to the Prop" Clerk of Groton and the Prop" Clerk of
townshend, Intimating y* Authority you gave me. Particularly that at
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Colonel Blanchard's Changes
my Discretion I was to Admitt Inhabitants, and if they inclined to
Setle I should Accommodate them as far as I Could in faithfuUness to
my trust provided I had their Answer in twenty days to the Same
purpose I have Wrote Coll° Berry one of y" Principal Prop", of New
Ipswich & to Severall of the Prop" of Rowley Canada desireing them
to Communicate it to their prop" Desireing a positive Answer — This
has Sufficiently Allarm'd the vicinity, And Application has already been
made for twice the Quantity of Land you left with me to Dispose of
All the Inhabitants of New Ipswich And Rowley Canada (both of which
fall within my Diocess) have Applyed to be Continued As Setlers under
Your Conditions And many others of y*" Prop" of each town, I ap-
prehend I Shall Quietly Succeed, unless Coll Berry be Poutey & Sullen
on Behalf of New Ipswich, Which Since I have entered upon it Desire
under your directions my Liberty may be Continued to Setle with him,
or Any Others that Shall be Obstinate: I can readily Compound that
the Eighteen Shares proposed As Owners to Draw one third of Each
town Clere, have proposed to Equalize the towns Quantity for Quality,
And the Setlers to Draw lotts which towns to fall into, a Sufficient
Sum of money Advanced on entrance to pay the Charge of Survey
Roads a Meetinghouse and for preaching the first Six months to begin
the Setlement next June at furthest if peace In Six months from Draw-
ing their Lotts to have Housen built and Inhabit there, and so to make
a progressive Improvement for four years Stating a Certain Quantity
for each year & for them by Indenture to your Lordships on failure
at any time of any part to Surrender the Whole under a Sufficient
Penalty : by the Same Indenture to pay by the Setlers all town Charges,
untill Your lotts are Improved and so fait them to become Chargable
According to the Incombe; In Case a Lawsute Should Arise from Other
Claimers you to be at that Charge, (which I had not your Speciall
Authority for) excepting that your Quitclaim to be their title with
Severall Other Contingent Articles of Duty on their part which all
who have Applyed readily Concur with — if this be not Acceptable or
anything further Occurrs to your minds for my Direction you may Write
by Cap' Goflfe & may be Assured of my faithful Complyance I have
Likewise proposed An Injunction that they Joyn with the non Setlers
in Applying to the Gov"" & Council for an Incorporation And as soon
As I have Answer from the Massachusetts Claimers Shall fill up the
lists of y* Severell Towns —
The Writings I am not Capable of forming, shall depend on them
being done at Portsmouth. — The Prop" of Souheegun West, Since I
was at Portsmouth have Divided their Com'ons & I hear bid Defiance
to your Title, if no Notice be taken of them I apprehend it will have
An ill effect p'haps create you a Squable with many other towns, and
your Setting up your Bristles early might put an end to it. (but as
to y* you know best what to do.) I have Nothing to add but Wish
you Success in the Aflfairs before you And rest Y"" Hum' Ser* at
Com'and Joseph Blanchard
Dunstable Nov' 30" 1748.
To the Hon' Theodore Atkinson Esq' moderator &c please to
Com'unicate the aforewritten Y'' ut Supra J B
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History of New Ipswich
Portsm" Dec' 3^ 1748
S' We have both your letters before us as to that of y" 30'" of the
last month for which we are obliged we greatly approve of your Scheme
& y^ Progress you have made and hereby give you full Power of agreeing
with any Person of note that can be Serviceable in Secureing y'' Peace
& Quiet of the Settlers either in new Ipswich of other Town as to
Souhegan West if they should be troublesome they can expect no favour
from this Society and we shall soon prosecute Some of the foremost in
the Opposition which if you think proper please to inform them of
and let us know the men as to our bearing the Charge of a lawsuit
in contesting mason's Right we set out upon that footing at first &
in Case any Suit is Commenced we expect to pay that cost, we are now
finishing the Grant of the Town above souhegan & think that a vote
of the Proprietors at a Regular meeting better than any other Con-
veyance you will see our's to Cap* Goffe & Associates with the particular
Reservations & Articles — this is the Method prescribed by y*" Gentlemen
of y" law and is the most Customary & familiar way for such Proprieties
to Act in — I am in behalfe & at y" Request of y" Society y' purchased
mason's Right y' very Hum"' Serv*
Theodore Atkinson.
P. S. with respect to y" affairs of Cohas between Goffe & Dunkin &
y" Proprietors it is referred entirely to your adjustment & Settlement
as you think is just the Society desire to see you as Soon as possibly
you can leave your private afifairs and bring all y"" Plans you can procure
that will give any insight to their Concerns — Gofife has offered but one
third but we think one halfe for y^ Proprietors y""' ut Supra
T Atkinson
To Joseph Blanchard Esqur at Dunstable
Copy Examined & Geo : Jaffrey jur Prop" CI
It may be believed that the process of adjustment and
agreement progressed rather slowly between the Masonian
Proprietors and the would-be Proprietors of New Ipswich;
but a little more than two years later each party seems to
have concluded that the probability of further concessions by
the other would not justify further delay and the second birth
of New Ipswich took form in
THE MASONIAN CHARTER.
Province of ^ Pursuant to the Power & Authority Granted & Vested
New Hampshire^ in me by the Proprietors of Lands purchased of John
Tufton Mason Esp' in the Province of New Hamp-
shire aforesaid by their Vote the 16*" of June 1749, passed at their
Meeting held at Portsmouth in said Province —
I Do by these Presents give & grant unto Reuben Kidder, Archible
White, Jonas Woolson, Abijah Foster, John Brown, Benj" Hoar jun"'
Timothy Heald, Joseph Kidder, Joseph Bullard, Ebenezer Bullard, Joseph
Stevens, Henry Pudney, John Chandler all of a place called New Ipswich,
Hannah Dinsmore, Peter Powers, Daniel Emerson, David Nevens, all of
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The Masonian Charter
Holies, Zaccheus Lovewell, Joseph French, both of Dunstable, & all in
the Province of New Hampshire, Jon" Hubbard, John Stevens Esq"' of
Townshend, Isaac Appleton, Thomas Adams, Robert Choat, William
Brown, Nathaniel Smith, Col° John Choat, Francis Choat, Thomas
Dennis all of Ipswich, Andrew Spaulding of Westford, Isaac Patch of
Groton, William Peters of Medfield, John Marsh of Mendon, & Benj"
Hoar of Littletown. To them, their Heirs & Assigns, on the Terms
Conditions, Reservations & Limitations, & in the Respective Proportions,
hereafter expressed, all the Right, Title, Interest & Property of the
Grantors aforesaid, of, in & to that Tract of Land, or Township lying
in the Province of New Hampshire aforesaid Extending Six Miles in
length, & five Miles in Breadth bounded as followeth, beginning at the
line between the Province of New Hampshire aforesaid and the Province
of the Massachusetts Bay at the Southwest Corner of the Township
call'd No. 1, from thence North Eighty Degrees West Six Miles to the
South East Corner of the Township called South Manadnock or Manad-
nock Number one, from thence North by the Needle five Miles to the
North East Corner of said South Manadnock, from thence South Eighty
Deg' East by the Line of Peterborough Slip, Six Miles to the North
West Corner of No one, & from thence South five Miles to the Bounds
first Mentioned. To have and to hold to them, their Heirs & Assigns
Excepting as aforesaid, & on the following Terms & Conditions with
the Reservations aforesaid, the Lots already laid out, & the several Pro-
portions of Common Land, yet to be divided out to each one as followeth,
[The assignment of lots to the individual grantees here follows in
the charter, but will be given later in a tabular form more convenient
for reference.] That is to say that Eighteen full & Equal Shares in said
Town in the following Manner viz' Thirty Six Lots of Eighty Acres
each already Laid out & Eighteen Shares in the after Divisions to be
drawn for in some Equitable Manner, that is to say two Lots of Seventy
Acres each for each Share to be reserved for the Use of the Grantors,
their Heirs & Assigns forever, & the Like Number of Lots & Quantity
of Land for each Share of each Grantee holding in the after Division,
& the Remainder besides what is before Granted to be to the Use of
the Grantees — that the Division of the two Seventy acres Lots for each
Share be laid out, & Equitably Coupled together & drawn for in some
open Equitable Manner at or before the last day of August 1751, and
that the aforesaid Eighteen Shares reserved as aforesaid for the Grantors
be Exonerated, acquitted & fully Exempt from paying any Charge towards
making a Settlement, & not held to the Conditions of the other Shares
respecting a Settlement nor liable to any Tax or Assessment or Charge,
until improved by the owners or some one holding under them Respec-
tively, that the Grantees at their own Expence make Settlement, be ai
the Charge of dividing the whole of the Lands, Clearing & making
feacible Roads & that all the Lots in said Town be Subject to have all
necessary Roads lay'd through them as there shall be Occasion free from
Charge, that the Grantees according to the Number of their Shares or
Lots herein after named make Settlement in the following Manner viz*
that within two Years from this Date on each Settling Lot or Share
there be three Acres of Land Cleared & fitted for Mowing or Ploughing
& have a Comfortable Dwelling House, the Room to be at least Sixteen
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History of New Ipswich
feet Square, & a Family or some Person dwelling in each House, &
that within five Years from this Date there be nine Acres more cleared
inclosed & fitted for Mowing or Tillage on some Lot to each Settling
Right as aforesaid, that the Grantees to make Settlement, & the Number
of each be as foUoweth viz* Reuben Kidder to make Settlement on
three Shares or Rights, Archible White, Jonas Woolson, Abijah Foster,
John Brown, on one Share each, Benjamin Hoar Jun'' on two Shares,
Timothy on one Share, Joseph Kidder on one Share, Joseph Bullard one,
Ebenezer Bullard one, Joseph Stevens one, Henry Putney one, John
Chandler one, Hannah Dinsmore two, Peter Powers one, David Nevens
one, Jonathan Hubbard one, John Stevens one, Isaac Appleton Six,
Thomas Adams five, Robert Choat one, William Brown one, Nathaniel
Smith two, Francis Choat one, Thomas Dennis one, Andrew Spaulding
one, Isaac Patch one, William Peters one, John Marsh one, & Benjamin
Hoar two in manner as aforesaid. — That each of the Grantees at the
Executing of this Instrument, pay fourteen Pounds Cash old tenor, to
pay the Charges risen and Ariseing in said Township, to be Deposited
in the hands of some Person chosen by them for that Purpose —
That a Convenient Meeting House be Built in said Township, within
Seven Years from this Date as near the Center of said Town, and at
such place as the Major part of the Interest of Grantors and Grantees
shall Determine by a Major Vote in publick Proprietors Meeting called
for that Purpose, Giving forty days Notice of such Meeting, and ten
Acres of Land reserved there for publick Use — That the aforesaid
Grantees or their Assigns assess such further Sum or Sums of Money
in equal Proportion to each Grantees Interest, Exclusive of the publick
Lots as shall be Necessary for Compleating any of the publick Articles
aforesaid, & for such further Payment of any Sum or Sums that shall
by the said Grantees or their Assigns be raised for hireing Preaching,
or settling & Support of the Minister there and on Failure of Payment
for the Space of three Months for the Space of three Months after such
Tax is agreed upon & Posted up at such Place or Places as the Proprie-
tors, the Grantees aforesaid, or their Assigns shall appoint for calling
Proprietors Meetings, that so much of such Delinquents Right be Dis-
posed of as will pay such Tax or Assessment & all Charges arising
thereon.
That all White Pine Trees fit for his Majesties Use for Masting
his Royal Navy Growing on said Land be and hereby are Granted to
his Majesty his Heirs & Successors for ever, and in Case any of the
s" Grantees or their Assigns, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of
the Articles, Matters and Things aforementioned by him respectively
to be done he shall forfeit his Share & whole Right in said Township
& every part thereof to those of the said Grantees or their immediate
Assigns that shall have Complyed with the Conditions on their parts
herein Exprest. and it shall and may be lawful! for them or any Person
or Persons in their Stead, & by their Authority, to enter into & upon
the Right or part of such Delinquent Owner, & any and every part thereof,
in the name of the whole of the Settlers that shall fulfill as aforesaid,
and him utterly to amove, Oust & Expel for their Use, their Heirs &
Assigns Provided they Settle or cause to be Settled each such Delinq*"
Right or Share, within the Space of One Year at the furthest from the
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The Masonian Charter
Period of such Condition, Articles, Matters & things that is by this
Instrument Stipulated to be done as the Condition of this Grant, &
fully discharge & Comply with all the Duty & Expence such Delinquents
ought to have done, & every part of Duty enjoyn'd, such Right to be
finished at the Several Periods thereof, & in Case the said Grantees
or their Assigns that shall fuUfill their parts as aforesaid, & shall omit
& neglect for the Space of one Year as aforesaid, improveing. Building,
& Settling and fullfilling every part as herein is Conditioned to be done
that all such Share & Right as are thus delinquent in said Township, &
every part & Parcel of such Delinquents shall be forfeited, revert &
belong to the Grantors of the Premises their Heirs & Assigns with full
Authority to enter into and upon all such Delinquents Rights & the
Posseesor thereof utterly amove, oust & expel for the use of such
Grantors, Provided there be no Indian Wars within any of the Terms
& Limitation of time aforesaid for doing the Duty Condition'd in this
Grant, and in Case that should happen the same time to be allowed for
the Respective Matters aforesaid after such Impediment shall be removed
^Lastly the said Grantors do hereby promise and engage to the said
Grantees their Heirs & Assigns, to defend thro' the Law to King &
Council, if need be One Action that shall & may be brought against
them or any Number of them, by any Person or Persons whatsoever
Claiming the said Land or any part thereof by any other Title than
that of the said Grantors, or that by which they hold & derive their's
from Provided the said Grantors are avouched in, to defend the same,
and that in case on final Tryal the same shall be recovered against the
Grantors, that such Person or Persons shall recover nothing over against
the Grantors for the Lands, Improvments or Expence in bringing for-
ward the Settlements, and further that the said Grantors will pay the
Necessary Expence of time & Money that any other Person or Persons
shall be put to by any other Suit or Suits that shall be brought against
them or any of them the said Grantees for tryal of the Title before
any one Suit shall be fully Determined in the Law —
To all which Premises Joseph Blanchard Esq' Agent, for & in
Behalf of the Grantors hath hereunto set his Hand & Seal this seventeenth
day of April 1750—
Joseph Blanchard — [L S]
It is evident that the Masonian Charter definitely located
the boundaries of the township, but later survey showed a
considerable difference between their location and that which
was expected at the time of their adoption. As has been
told upon a previous page, it was supposed that the Massa-
chusetts survey had placed the block of lots assigned in charter
midway between the northern and southern lines of the town-
ship, and thus had left an undivided strip one mile in width
between those lots and the southern boundary, and a like
strip on the northern side, which latter strip Col. Blanchard
had made a part of Peterborough Slip, leaving, as was sup-
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History of New Ipswich
posed, the northern line of the northern tier of lots coinci-
dent with the northern boundary of the township. Had that
been the case, the township would have been represented on
the diagram by the rhomboid LMNO, but unfortunately the
assumption was not in accordance with facts. The block of
lots had been laid a considerable distance farther toward the
north than was intended, perhaps as much as fifty rods, al-
though the inaccuracy of the survey in the early wilderness
and the conflicting statements in different records make the
estimate of the displacement subject to considerable uncer-
tainty. There can be no doubt, however, that it was sufifi-
cient to make the northern slip less than a mile in width and
to cause the northeastern corner of the Masonian grant to
fall forty-eight rods farther south than the northern line of
lot 24, in which said corner fell.
The problem of equitable boundaries was somewhat
further complicated by the triangular slip cut from the south-
eastern corner of New Ipswich by the establishment of the
Province line. The width of that strip is uncertain, but prob-
ably at the eastern extremity, where it was widest, it was
not more than twenty rods, perhaps even less. But whatever
that loss may have been it should have resulted in an equal
removal toward the north of the northern boundary made by
the Masonian Charter parallel to the Province line, and the
strip of land cut from the northern ends of the lots should
have narrowed toward its eastern end. Instead of that, for
some inexplicable reason, exactly the opposite is true ; each
lot, proceeding toward the west, had one acre less cut away
by the northern line than was lost by its eastern neighbor.
The entire unwarranted removal from the twelve northern
lots, remaining after the loss caused by the new eastern line,
was about 220 acres. In view of those losses, whether due
to haste and difficulties of accurate survey through the wilder-
ness or to dishonest acts of interested parties, it may be well
to recognize that in accordance with the frequent practice of
early surveyors to be "sure to give full measure," the town,
both in length and in breadth, very appreciably exceeds its
charter dimensions of five by six miles, its area being between
thirty-two and thirty-three square miles. Its Masonian figure,
retained until the present time, is presented upon the diagram
showing its successive changes of form by the figure LPNO.
4-2
The Incorporation
There remain to be mentioned, in this record of official
transformations, only two further changes. The first of these
is an evolution though an Act of Incorporation bearing the
date September 9, 1762, and signed by Governor Benning
Wentworth, a brother of John and Mark Hunking Wentworth
before active as Alasonian Proprietors, and countersigned by
Theodore Atkinson, Provincial Secretary, also of the Alason-
ian board and long its presiding officer. This document
changed the mere proprietary organization with no officers
except a temporary moderator chosen for each meeting, a
clerk, a treasurer, and such committees as any business asso-
ciation might appoint, into a complete town with all the politi-
cal and governmental abilities of such a New England unit.
The new town, however, had no promise of an existence to
be continued beyond January 1, 1766, and for some reason,
perhaps a mere error of the penman, it bore only the name
"Ipswich."
A second similar act, dated March 6, 1766, but for some
unknown reason neither recorded nor transmitted to the town
until the following year, restored the complete name borne
by the early settlement ; and no period having been assigned
to its life, the New Ipswich of to-day derives thence its legal
powers.
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CHAPTER III.
ON THE WAY TO MATURITY — PROPRIETORS AND LOTS
''npHE Masonian Charter gave to the new Proprietors of the
-*- "place called New Ipswich" a right to the land upon
which, if prospered, they might expect to found a New Hamp-
shire town, and the word "town" appears twice in that char-
ter. But more frequently, and more correctly, the new land
thus transferred was designated by the word "township,"
since New Ipswich had really neither civic existence nor legal
name, which, however, it attained at an earlier date than any
of the surrounding New Hampshire settlements mentioned
in the charter as "Number One," (Mason,) "South Monad-
nock," (Rindge,) and "Peterborough Slip," (Temple and
Sharon) ; the Province line separated it from "Dorchester
Canada," now included in Ashburnham and Ashby.
As shown in the charter, only thirteen of the thirty mem-
bers of the new body were resident within the limits of the
township, the homes of the complemental seventeen being
scattered in nine different places, but only four in Ipswich,
Mass., and of the thirteen named as already resident in New
Ipswich, only two, Abijah Foster and Henry Pudney, had
come from that mother-town.
The silence of the records in relation to Henry Pudney
shows that he was not a resident for a sufficient period to
afifect the town in any way ; of the four proprietors resident
in Ipswich, Robert Choate apparently never became a citizen
of the new place, while if Thomas Dennis ever really had a
home in New Ipswich, his residence was too brief to leave
decisive evidence.
The history of the period of proprietorship and the pass-
age of New Ipswich through youth to the attainment of its
majority as a town was not wrought out by Ipswich men
as largely as the name would suggest. Abijah Foster was
the first settler within the township bounds. He built three
houses as his three successive homes, and his blood has flowed
in the veins of many sons and daughters of the later New
Ipswich generations. Thomas Adams and Isaac Appleton
however, were the two largest land-owners among the pro-
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Origin of the Settlers
prietors. each being the possessor of between two and three
square miles, and although probably neither of them ever
relinquished his Massachusetts citizenship to forward in per-
son the growth of the Granite State, they were each repre-
sented by two sons resident for many years on the family
possessions, and the two names were prominent in the town
activities of several generations.
In default of Ipswich blood, the question arises, Whence
in fact came the early vigor of the settlement and of the en-
suing town? From what region came the men who gave
New Ipswich a place among the most active and progressive
New Hampshire towns? A few came from Ipswich in the
years soon succeeding the Masonian grant and a few more
from other parts of Essex County. But of the names ap-
pearing on the records of the expected town during its twelve
years of active development into fitness for that designation,
three-fourths came not from^ Essex, but from Middlesex
County, and especially from Concord, whither so many an-
cestral lines converge from all sections, and from the line of
towns between Concord and Boston. A brief quotation from
Walcott's "Concord in the Colonial Period" seems to have
a place here.
The Kentish infusion was very strong in the early population of
Concord, and, indeed, of Middlesex County.
The proud distinction of the Kentishmen was the tenacity with which
they held to their rights and customs, and the unhesitating courage, re-
gardless of difficulties or consequences, shown in their defence. They
formed the foremost rank at the battle of Hastings, and made terms
with the Conqueror at Swanscombe.
It is by no accident that the people of Middlesex County have been
equally quick to rise in the defence of their rights, and to put down the
oppressor ; for the people of Middlesex derive their origin, in a great
part, from the freest and most independent of English counties. The
patriots of Concord Bridge, Lexington, and Bunker Hill found their
prototypes at Hastings and Swanscombe.
It is believed that New Ipswich, during its twelve years
of life as a pure democracy managed directly by its Proprie-
tors, somewhat more than trebled its population, and that,
although the rate of increase in later years was less rapid,
before the opening of the Revolutionary contest the number
of inhabitants was nine hundred or more, which is about the
same as at the present time. Naturally the incoming move-
ment of residents was largely from the regions whence had
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History of New Ipswich
come the earlier settlers, and the story of the town's part in
the seven years of natal strife, presented in a later chapter,
certainly accords with the belief that Kentish blood had lost
naught of its power during its sojourn in Middlesex.
But the first work of the new proprietors was not warlike.
There were no indications that the locality had ever been
a favorite abode of the Indians, and the settlers made very
few preparations to meet an attack. Ephraim Adams, son
of Thomas Adams recently mentioned, had "flankers" about
his house, still standing near the crossing of the Turnpike by
"Saw Mill Brook" on 21, N. D., and perhaps the house of
Moses Tucker, on VI: 1, S. R., or his later dwelling on I:
2, S. R., gave him similar protection during his experience
as sole resident of the township in 1748. But no public
structure was ever thought needful for safety, nor did the
Proprietors see fit to repair the flankers around the Adams
house when for some reason their attention seems to have
been called to their weakened condition.
Evidently the first duty of the settlement, awakened to
fresh activity by its renewed title to its land and its enlarged
membership, was to complete an equitable division of the
township among the Proprietors. About one-half of its area,
the North Division and the South Ranges, had been divided
under the Massachusetts grant, and the divisions were re-
tained, although, as stated in a previous chapter, the bounds
of the Masonian grant had sadly mutilated the North Divi-
sion. Apparently a few additional lots had been also assigned,
but about one-half of the entire township remained to be
surveyed and drawn by the grantors and grantees not later
than August, 1751 ; this division was ultimately accomplished,
but it was by no means an easy duty, nor, although the rec-
ords are nominally complete, are the methods and principles
of the division easy to follow. The first meeting of the new
Proprietors was held one year before the charter w^hich con-
stituted them Proprietors was granted, but it proceeded to
business, as is shown by a copy of the record.
At a meeting of the Proprietors of the Township of New Ipswich
lying in the Province of New hampshire in New England Appointed by
Joseph Blanchard, Esq'. Agent to the Claimers of the Patant under
John Tufton Mason, Esq', who are Grantors of said Township Heald
at the House of Cap*. Joseph French in Dunstable in said Province on
the 16: of April A: D: 1749: Colonel Joseph Blanchard chosen modera-
46
First Proprietors' Meeting
tor for said meeting. John Stevens chosen Proprietors Clark Colo'
Blanchard chosen Treasurer, and it was Voted as Follows (viz) that
all the Lotts that was heare to fore laid out in said township and are
now Taken off by the other Townships (viz) by the Township Nomber
one and Nomber Two : shall be by a Committee to be chosen for that
Purpus Laid out in the Common land in said Township and Quallefied
by said Committee. Said Lotts that are to be laid out are to be laid
adjoyning to the other lotts formerly laid in said town and as con-
veniant for settling as may be and that those persons formerly owning
s"* Lotts Being Grantees to Have s*" Lots which are new laid out in Lue
of the Lotts Taken off as a fore said
Also Voted that if any of said grantees have or had any lands in the
Township or any part there of formerly called Townsend and now falls
into the Township of New Ipswich shall have a whole wright or part
there of laid out in the same place to them said Commitee Quallifying
the same Eaqual to other shares.
Voted that the whole of said wrights in said Township to be but Sixty
three also Voted that the said Committee Do as soon as may be with
a Surveyer under oath Proceed and lay out to each of said Sixty three
Rights Two Seventy acre Lotts and that thay copple the same togather
makeing them as neare as may be of Equel valine, and that said lotts
Be Prepaired to be Drawn on the Last Tuesday of October next at this
Place at ten of the Clock in the morning. Voted that the Lotts Taken
off the Towns afore said be Laid out and Compleated fit for a Draught
by the Eight of May next.
Voted and Chose for a Com'"", to Lay out the Lotts Taken of as afore
said Major Jonathan Hubbard and John Stevens But wheare the said
Stevens hath lands to lay out then Benj*. Hoar to Help lay out s"*
Stevens land.
Also John Stevens chosen Surveyer for said Service.
Voted that the Com'"", and Surveyer afore said be Directed to lay out
to m^ Benj". Hoar a Lott adjoyning Oliver Hoars lott Equel in Valine
to his former lott laid out in or near the same place.
Voted to chuse five men as a Com'"", to lay out and Copple the Seventy
acre lotts afore said Chose for said Com'"". M''.'. Jsaac Appleton Jona-
than Hubbard Ruben Kidder Benjamin Hoar of Littleton and John
Stevens.
Voted that said Com'"", shall have for there Service in laying out said
Lotts and Coppleing the Same while thay are in said Township about
said service thirty shillings per Day old tenour
voted to pay Colonol Blanchard for his Service and Expence in Pro-
cureing said Township and granting out the same Two Hundred and
Ten pounds old Ten^
Voted to Rayse on Each of the forty Two Settleing Rights in said
Township fourteen pounds old Ten', to Defray the Charges of the Same
Voted to Chuse a Com'"", to agree for a mill place if need be and also
to agree with Sum proper person to Build a Cornmill and Sawmill in
said Town in the most Conveniant place to accomidate the Proprietors.
Chose for said Com'"". Ruben Kidder Deak° Benj'. Hoar m. Isaac
Appleton and John Stevens.
A true Coppey Attest John Stevens Proprietors Cler
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History of New Ipswich
Evidently the Proprietors present at that initial meeting
had definite plans in the charter issued a year later. But
in that charter appear other acts which are not recorded
until June 20, 1750, two months after the date of the charter.
At that later meeting, held at the house of Benjamin Hoar
in New Ipswich, Thomas Dennis, Francis Choate, Nathaniel
Smith, and William Peters were admitted as Proprietors, but
their names appeared upon the list given in the earlier char-
ter. References are made to the lots held by the new mem-
bers under the Massachusetts grant which are not in accord-
ance with the old map showing that first assignment of lots.
Apparently action universally held desirable was not delayed
by close adherence to technical order. Apparently the divi-
sion of the common land into seventy-acre lots, ordered at
the first meeting, was modified in accordance with that prin-
ciple. Under the Massachusetts grant the township was six
miles square and land seemed to abound. Surveyors were
accustomed to make abundant allowance for "uneven ground
and swag of chain," and in that survey they seemed to have
made an allowance for the obliquity of the angles of the lots
nearly twice as large as was required. Moreover, much
space was left for roads between the lots, and finally the
Masonian township was only five-sixths as large as its pre-
decessor, and the "common land" was not sufficient to allow
the later lots to contain seventy acres each, wherefore the
committee, in violation of their instructions, laid out lots
containing nominally only sixty-six acres, which action in
due time was formally accepted. Even after such recognition
of necessity the difficulty seems to have persisted, as is indi-
cated by the official records and maps presenting lots upon
one side of a straight line as being considerably wider than
the lots extending between the same limits upon the other
side of the line. In most places the discrepancy may have
been merely the result of greater care in measurement and
an omission of such allowances as had place in the earlier
surveys, but in one section of the town, where the lots were
probably laid out latest, or where, as later records indicate,
the survey was not fully completed except upon the map,
apparently a more heroic treatment was believed to be de-
manded, and the remaining land was forced to meet the de-
mands. There seems to be no escape from the conclusion
that the narrow lots comprising the western two miles of the
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Assignment of Lots
"New Laid Out" must be considerably narrower than the
recorded dimensions. This belief is supported by a vote
passed in 1757, after ineffectual attempts at a preceding meet-
ing, "to Run the line through the township thats not yet run
on the New Laid Out Land," for which action a committee
was chosen. No report of that committee is to be found, but
more than ten years later, in 1768, the matter again rises and
a second committee was chosen "to Examan the narrow Lotts
so called," and three years later a report from that committee
or one of later appointment simply stated the correct num-
bers of the lots from 98 to 109, which were said to have
been previously uncertain on account of trees falsely marked
at lot corners. But the real difficulty, without doubt a re-
sult of a too liberal distribution of the agrarian wealth be-
lieved to be almost limitless, was apparently kept carefully
unacknowledged, like many an analogous transaction of later
years.
The complete assignment of town lots, as shown in the
record of John Stevens, Proprietors' clerk, is presented in the
following table, with a few entirely obvious errors corrected,
and a few changes also inserted, as borne upon the record
of later action taken to remedy cases of injustice, most of
which were cases due to the unexpected difficulty in the
north line of the town before stated at considerable length.
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History of New Ipswich
Grantors
Atkinson, Theodore
Blanchard, Joseph
Jaffrey, George .
Livermore, Matthew
Meserve, Nathaniel
Mofifat, John .
Odiorne, Jotham
Packer, Thomas
Parker, William
Peirce, Joshua
Peirce, Daniel
Moor, Mary
Rindge, John
Solly, Samuel ]
March, Clement \
Tomlinson, John ]
Mason, John Tufton^
Wallingford, Thomas
Wentworth, John .
Wentworth, Mark H.
Wibird, Richard . .
North
Division
South Ranges
43, 61
29
62
14
23
58
13
59
38, 39
II: 4, IV: 4
VII: 1
V: 1
XIV: 2
V: 3
VII: 4, XIII: 4
VlII: 3
XV: 3
IX: 3
XV: 4
IV: 3, VIII: 4
VIII: 1
New
Laid Out
107
24. 172
10
102
44
9
11
64
60
56, 109
28, XIII : 2
After
Division
84
155, 157
173
126, 128
93
80, 81
68, 95
82, 83
160, 161
89, 90
167, 169
176, 177
181, 182
163, 164
85, 86
87
67, 94
162, 165
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Assignment of Lots
Grantees
Adams, Thomas
Appleton, Isaac
Brown, John . .
Brown, William .
Bullard, Ebenezer
Bullard, Joseph .
Chandler, John .
Choate, John . .
Choate, Francis .
Choate, Robert .
Dennis, Thomas .
Dinsmore, Hannah
Emerson, Daniel .
Foster, Abijah .
French, Joseph .
Heald, Timothy .
Hoar, Benjamin . .
Hoar, Benjamin, Jr.
Hubbard, Jonathan .
Kidder, Joseph . .
Kidder, Reuben . .
Lovewell, Zaccheus
Marsh, John . .
Minister, — first .
Ministerial . . .
Nevins, David . .
Patch, Isaac . .
Peters, William .
Powers, Peter . .
Pudney, Henry .
School ....
Smith, Nathaniel
Spaulding, Andrew
Stevens, John . .
Stevens, Joseph .
White, Archibald
Woolson, Jonas .
North
Division
17, 18, 21,
22, 24, 25,
SO, 51
9, 41, 42,
63
64
31, 60
30
X: 2, XIV: 4,
XVI: 1
III: 2, VI: 2,
VIII: 2, XI:
1, XVI: 2
27
56, 57
54
33
26, 36, 53
40
47
48
46,55
37
32
20
15
49
45
28, 34, 52
35, 44
19
South Ranges
VI: 4
II: 2, II: 3
I: 2
III: 1, IV: 1
VI: 3
1 : 4, X : 1
VII: 2, IX: 4
New
Laid Out
I: 3
III: 4, X: 3
II: 1, V: 2, VI:
1
IX: 2
IX: 1
III: 3, XIII: 1,
XIV: 1, XIV:
3
XI: 2, XI: 3,
XII: 3
XIII: 2
XVI: 4
XI: 4
V: 4
XII: 4, XIII: 3,
XVI: 3
XII: 1
X: 4, XII: 2,
XV: 1
VII: 3
IV: 2, XV: 2
69, 72
65
105, 108
66*
67
71
16, 104
186
106
187
70
1, 12
7
After
Divisions
70, 156, 158,
166, 168,
178, 180
72, 116, 117,
119, 123,
138, 139,
170, 171,
183, 184,
y2 of 185
120, 144
129, 130
179
113, 114
97
73
125, 137
112, 133
152, 159
146, 147
65, 66, 142,
186
69, 135, 136,
65, 66, 74,
149, 150
88, 92
148, 151
76, 77, 96,
131, 132,
y2 of 185
115, 140,143,
145
1/4 of 153
75
103
98, 99,' 101
78, 79
71
122, 124
110, 111,134,
174
91, 154
^ of 153
5, 127, 141
175
118, 121
History of New Ipswich
This history of the township, as shown in the records of
the meetings of its Proprietors, is full of interest to those
whose personal relations to the town give a vision which
recognizes the outcome of the everyday plans and acts of
their ancestors. They may not have been large men, but
they were earnest men, and although sometimes perchance
the Kentish tenacity of grasp upon that which they believed
to be their own may have had an unlovely aspect, yet in it
lay much of the honorable history then unwritten.
Largely isolated and thrown upon their own resources,
they felt themselves sufficient. They rarely sought the aid
of authority from without in the settlement of their dif-
ferences ; the threatened appeal to courts seems to have been
made rarely, if ever, in that time of pure democracy.
New Ipswich in those days had no rulers ; its few officers
had no stipulated terms of service, but were removable at
pleasure with no delay beyond that of the few days' required
notice for a meeting of the Proprietors. There were really
only two officers, the clerk and the treasurer. In 1751 Jonas
Woolson, Ebenezer Bullard, and Joseph Kidder were made
a "Committee to Draw Orders on the Treasurer for any sum
or sums of money that shall be voted to any person or persons
by the proprietors for service done for them," which commit-
tee was later mentioned as the committee to "take care of
the prudentials of the place," and in 1753 Reuben Kidder,
Ephraim Adams, and Benjamin Hoar succeeded to the same
duties under the latter title. But that step toward the crea-
tion of a board of selectmen was not permanently approved,
and in October of the same year it was voted to "dismiss the
Prudential Committee formerly chosen." In 1754 Francis
Appleton was chosen a "Referee to peruse the accounts laid
before the Proprietors," and in later years this forerunner
of an auditor was occasionally appointed. Evidently orderly
conduct of a meeting of the Proprietors required a presiding
officer, and such meetings were quite frequent. But sixteen
different moderators presided over one or more of the thirty-
seven different meetings recorded during the twelve years
before the incorporation of the town, and of these no one was
chosen more than four times. Such public duties as could not
be completed in a full Proprietors' meeting were usually
placed in the hands of special committees whose work was
usually not considered complete until formally approved at
a succeeding meeting,
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Proprietors' Work Ended
In the years of laying foundations necessarily the recorded
action was largely in relation to three matters that might not
safely be deferred. The division of the town among the
grantors and the grantees came first, and the adjustments
demanded by the encroachments upon the lots by the new
boundaries of the township were very difficult to make when
the "common land" of the Proprietors was exhausted. The
question remained open till the incorporation of the town
and for ten years afterward, during which latter period the
records of Proprietors' meetings, held only at intervals of
about one year, were nearly occupied by that topic. Practi-
cally, however, all that is of interest at the present time is
given in the preceding table.
The location and maintenance of highways formed a sec-
ond matter for consideration almost equally imperative in its
demands, which has been presented in the first chapter of
this book; and the requirements of the charter in relation
to the building of a meeting-house and the settlement of a
minister, conditions without doubt in accord with the per-
sonal views of by far the greater part of the proprietors,
formed a third subject for long discussion prior to efficient
action. This matter is presented later in connection with
other church matters.
On April 5, 1762, it was ''Voted to apply to the General
Court to get the Place called New Ipswich incorporated,"
and also "Voted Capt. Reuben Kidder to go down to Court
to get the Incorporation effected and that the said Kidder
shall Proceed in the affair as he shall think best & that his
Necessary Charge shall be Paid by the Propriety." The act
of incorporation, as given on a previous page, was issued on
the ninth of September following, and the activities of the
Propriety ceased except as far as action was requisite in re-
lation to the settlement of claims mentioned above and the
disposal of the meeting-house.
The successive Proprietors' clerks and dates of service
were: John Stevens, 1749-1752; Benjamin Adams, 1752-1755;
Timothy Heald, 1755-1761; Ichabod How, 1761-1768; Isaac
Appleton, 1768-1772.
The treasurers were: Joseph Blanchard, 1749-1751; Jo-
seph Stevens, 1751-1755; Benjamin Hoar, 1755 — .
The last Proprietors' meeting found recorded met Decem-
ber 17, 1772, but by successive adjournments continued until
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History of New Ipswich
December 30, when it adjourned for a fortnight, and no
further record follows the name of Isaac Appleton, Proprie-
tors' Clerk.
Perhaps the stor}^ of New Ipswich prior to its attainment
of a legal majority may best be closed in the words of the
former historian of the town, who wrote of the period:
We find the whole number of tax-payers to be ninety-five. They
were all in the prime of life, the oldest of them, Capt. Tucker, being
only fifty-eight years of age. Among them we find four widows, show-
ing that the universal destroyer had already commenced his work here,
and ten or twelve had already become tenants of the old burying-
ground; besides which, tradition says there were five buried near the
head of Safiford lane, previous to the opening of the old cemetery in
1753. Among these were a son and daughter of Ebenezer Bullard; a
son of Joseph Bullard; two sons and a daughter of Benjamin Adams;
the wife of Ephraim Adams; a daughter of Benjamin King; two sons
and a daughter of Benjamin Hoar; Samuel Perham, his wife and a son;
Abijah Foster, the first settler, and one of his sons had died in the army.
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CHAPTER IV
THE OLD SCHOOL-HOUSES
'TpO one whose childhood and youth was spent in a country
-*- town of New England few memories are more distinct
than those of "the little red school-house," in or near which
were received so many impressions leaving indelible traces on
his character that such educational experience seems to him
almost an essential part of a complete life. The district
school, despite its undeniable serious defects, did a work that
could hardly have been done equally well in any other way,
a work of education for the citizens as well as for their chil-
dren sometimes amusingly democratic in the development of
its details. It is proposed here to present its growth in New
Ipswich, as presented in the official records.
The former history prefaces the story with these words :
"The cause of learning has been well sustained, and has done
much for the reputation of the town ; not so much, however,
in its earlier history, as could have been desired. In the grant
of the township it was provided that one right should be set
apart for the support of schools ; and thus, with enlightened
foresight, the Proprietors did all that was incumbent upon
them, to furnish the means of education to the settlers. But
we have no intimation that any school was kept until after
the incorporation of the town, fourteen years after the actual
settlement. It is true there could have been very few who
were not either too young or too old to attend schools at
that early period, and those few must have been widely scat-
tered. Doubtless they received private instruction at home
from their parents, who, we have abundant evidence, were
intelligent and well-educated people. In 1762, the year of all
others most memorable in the history of the town, it was
'voted that a school be kept in town three months this year,
and no more, as near the meeting-house as a house can be
provided.' "
This action was taken at the second meeting of the town,
held only about a month after the first meeting at which the
only business was the organization by election of officers un-
der the charter of incorporation. The article in the warrant
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History of New Ipswich
for the second meeting under which the action concerning
the school was taken read as follows : "To see if the Town
will vote the Number of months the school shall be Kept in
said Town and what part or parts of said Town it shall be
Kept in," which would seem to suggest that the school was
already established in some form.
The records give nothing further for two years, but Octo-
ber 8, 1764, it was "Voted to hire three months Schooling
this fall and Winter Coming." The next year an advance
was made, and it was "Voted to have four months Schooling
this fall and Winter coming at several places at the Discres-
sion of the Select men viz four and if any persons Refuse to
provide a place for Schooling after Sutable Notice from the
Select men that quarter shall be Destitute & the other parts
shall have the Benefit that do provide a sutable place."
The year 1766 was the period of governmental interregnum
between the expiration of the first town charter and the re-
ception of the second, during which no records were written,
and it is uncertain whether the school was continued, and in
1767 the vote provides school for only three months, the divi-
sion however evidently being maintained, as the selectmen
were to "order where the school shall be kept." In 1768 ac-
tion was taken earlier and the idea of a permanent division
into school districts seems to be in evidence, as on March 14
it was "Voted to Divide the Town into Destricts for the
benefit of Schooling & Each Destrict to have their proportion
according to there pay. Voted to Choose a Committee to Di-
vide the Destricts & proportion ye money Choosen for said
Committee Lieu^ Aaron Kidder. Lieu^ Nath. Stone Lieu^
Joseph Bates Cap^ Moses Tucker m'". Samuel Whittemore
m"". James Chandler & Reuben Kidder Esq"". Voted to Raise
twenty Pounds Lawful money for the Benafit of Schooling
this year."
A new element appears in 1769 when it was "Voted to
Raise Twenty Pounds Lawful Money for Schooling", but it
was added "Voted to Indemnifie the Select men from all
lines that they may be Exposed to by their not providing a
Grammer School Master." This somewhat peculiar action
was an attempt to avoid compliance with a law requiring
towns above a certain population to maintain a grammar
school where Latin might be taught, an additional expense
naturally objectionable to a large part of the citizens. The
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The Grammar School
same action was taken in 1770 and 1771, but in this latter year
a formal protest was entered for record by Ebenezer Champ-
ney, Benjamin Hoar, John Dutton, Isaac Appleton, William
Shattuck, and Thomas Farnsworth, and on the following year
seventeen men signed a dissent against similar action as being
"Repugnant to the Law of the Land in such case made and
provided." Probably it was on account of this protest that at
a meeting a few months later it was "Voted that the Grammer
School shall move to the Several Distrects beginning at the
middle Distrect & so on, to the next highest Distrect accord-
ing to their pay and in the same manner the several Distrects
in said Town, the East Distrect being the least is to have a
months schooling and the other Distrects as much longer as
their pay is more." This arrangement after a few years seems
to have been changed by an appropriation of £20 for a gram-
mar master in the middle district, where grammar scholars
from all parts of the town might go, an arrangement which
seems to have soon been made unnecessary by the founding
of the Academy. The vote for this grammar school was re-
freshingly frank, as the record says : "Voted to pay the mid-
dle district £20 towards keeping a grammar school through
the year so as to keep the town from being presented and the
town have liberty to send to said school."
Although a committee was chosen to divide the town into
districts in 1768, no record of their action appears, and the
first assignment of money was recorded in January, 1770,
and apparently that was stated to be in obedience to a vote
passed only a week previously in accordance with which the
selectmen divided the school money voted the preceding
March. This action of the town was as follows :
Voted to Divide the Town into Distrects for the Benefit of Schooling
our Children.
Voted to abide in Distrects during the Towns pleasure.
Voted that the West part of the Town be a Distrect for a School
according to their Request (viz) to have their proportion of the money
Raised in Town for that use according to their pay with appropriating
the money wholly to the use of a School.
Voted that the Northeast part of the Town be a Distrect for a
School Beginning at Dea°. Ephraim Adams's to m'. Smith's m"". Francis
Appleton and to m'. Bakers to the Northeast part of the Town under
the same Scituation with the first Distrect.
Voted that the East Side of the River be a Distrect for a School
(Exclusive of Cap'. Hoar) to the East side of said Town under the
same Scituation with the first Distrect leaving it to the Selectmen
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wheather m''. Horsley's pasture be annext to them or Joyn to the South
Distrect.
Voted that a Distrect be formed on the Country Road from Cap*.
Hoar's on to m'. Farnsworth with familys adjoyning said Road under
the same Scituation with the first Distrect.
Voted that the South East part of the Town be a Distrect from
Mr. Wilkins to Sam'. Foster's to m"". Breed's and all to y* East under
the same Regulations with the first.
Voted that the South West part of the Town be a Distrect for a
School taking m. Zechariah Adams Tho. Spaulding & Joseph Parker
and so to the South west corner of the Town, and to the East to the
Famelys above mentioned Leving it to the Select men wheather they
shall not have some help of the Towns money to make them Equal with
other Distrects in proportion to their Children
Voted that each Distrect shall Choose a man to take the Names of
the men in Each Distrect an Cary the list of Names to the Select men.
Voted that the Select men give of to the men so choose by the
Distrects the proportionable part of money to Each Distrect That is
Voted by the Town for the use of the School.
The second of the votes given above concerning the new
departure seems to indicate a feeling of uncertainty in rela-
tion to its wisdom and consequent permanence, although it
was expected to continue without further action as long as
it should prove satisfactory. But no provision for the needed
buildings was made at that time, and an article in the warrant
for the annual meeting two months later, "To see if the Town
Raise money to build School Houses in the Several Districts
in said Town according to their particular pay," was dis-
missed without action. But at the next annual meeting the
schools received especial attention, as shown by the number
of votes relating to different included matters.
Voted to Raise forty Pounds lawful Money to be laid out in
Schooling.
Voted to Employ an English School Master nine months this year.
Voted to Raise money to Build School-Houses in the Several Dis-
trects in this Town.
Voted not to alter the Distrects.
Voted to Raise Twenty Pounds more for Schooling.
Voted to divide the money among the Several Squadrons according
to their pay.
Voted that Each Squadron draw their proportion of the money
Raised to Build the School-Houses according to their pay.
And after these was passed the vote which called out first
the protest of Mr. Champney and others.
But the action at this meeting was more liberal than the
general desire for schools would sustain, and at a meeting
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the following- September it was "Voted that Twenty Pounds
that was Raised for Schooling be used for Defraying the
Town Charges."
The tax lists show that the sum raised for building school-
houses in accordance with the vote on that matter was £80,
a sum that it would seem could hardly have been sufficient
for even the simplest buildings, but no further action concern-
ing the subject appears during a period of eighteen years,
at the end of which time, in 1789, it was "Voted to raise three
hundred pounds for the purpose of Building and repairing
School Houses in New Ipswich," but three months later the
action was modified by a vote that "the Selectmen shall not
assess the Town for the three hundred pounds voted to build
and repair School Houses till the last of Sep*, next to give
those who are delinquents opportunity to pay their propor-
tion. And in case each district do not make it known to
the Selectmen that s*^ delinquents have paid their proportion
s'^ Selectmen are to proceed to make s'"^ assessment." The
exact purport of this vote is rather obscure, but it had delayed
the assessment, and for some reason no subsequent assess-
ment of that money is to be found.
At the annual meeting in 1800 it was "Voted to raise £630
to build school houses," but here again the sum is not in-
cluded in the recorded assessments of the year. It seems
probable that it was determined to leave the decision in re-
spect to building to the districts separately, as it had already
been voted that the expenditure of the assessed money should
be left. The records of the "Southwest District" show that
this district had just completed a new school-house.
The districts formed in 1770 with so much hesitation and
uncertainty, with no expressed sanction of law, and with
exceedingly indefinite powers, were a necessity of the condi-
tions of the time, and a part of the great movement in all
parts of the state by which the district school system came
into existence, to be recognized by the state and given defined
duties and methods of performing them only after a consider-
able period of years.
The six first districts, from which eight others were in
due time developed, were destined to more than a century
of vigorous life ; and if it prove true that present conditions,
which have made a diminution of their number necessary,
also demand a complete reversion to the earlier methods, it is
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evident that the greatest care is needed to retain for the
scholars in the larger and far better equipped schools the
sturdy self-reliant tone which has been characteristic of the
New Hampshire country boys.
The boundaries of the six original districts were not very
closely defined in the creative vote, and it seems probable that
at first each citizen was allowed to choose with which dis-
trict he would connect himself, and in many cases when ad-
joining districts had their schools at somewhat differing times,
the children not too far from the dividing line attended in
both districts. In fact, this arrangement was sometimes made
in order to allow such mutual helpfulness, with a resultant
increase of the scholars attending each school such that a
well-known New Ipswich teacher of eighty years or more
ago, who bore the names of two early settlers in the town
from whom he was descended, Reuben Kidder Gould, said
that he had taught in every district of his time, and he had
hardly ever had less than forty scholars in any school, the
number often rising to fifty or sixty.
An examination of scattered records giving the names of
certain residents of some school district leads to a somewhat
more definite location of the district bounds than can be de-
termined by the initial record alone.
Apparently the "West District" did not greatly vary from
the district which in the days of the greatest number of dis-
tricts was termed the "North District," or officially was No.
7, except by including the later No. 8, which was not yet
sufficiently settled to receive separate consideration. The
"North East District" seems to have been very nearly identi-
cal with the later "Wilson District," or No. 2. The East
District was the later No. 3, or the "Wheeler Tavern Dis-
trict," with the houses on the road past the site of the
present Country Club house afterward included in District
No. 11. The "Middle District" was No. 1, with an extension
to meet the "East District" a little east of the bridge at
Bank Village. The "South East District" included No. 4,
(the "Gibson District,") and all of No. 5, (Smithville,) except
the part on Page Hill. The "South West District" included
the remaining part of No. 5, the whole of No. 6. (the "Tenney
District,") and the few families beyond Binney Hill in the
later No. 9.
The first addition to the original six was the "North West
District," which in some unexplained manner received £2
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10s. 6d. of the £30 raised in 1770 for use in 1771, but then
disappeared for six years, at the end of which it again ap-
peared and remained as No. 9. In 1782 the Smith ville Dis-
trict was formed by a vote that "there be another School
District near Thomas Spalding's." The residence of Mr.
Spalding was the first on the road running westerly from
Smithville by the house long owned by Timothy Fox and his
descendants. The district was known as the "New District"
until 1795, when its recorded name becomes the "Mill Dis-
trict." In 1786 it was "Voted to set off James Preston, Thad-
deus Taylor, Peter Baker, and Asa Brown in a school dis-
trict," and the "Little South West District" afterwards be-
coming the "Southwest corner District" was formed, later
being No. 9, and forming a Union district by uniting with
the adjacent district of Rindge. District No. 10. known some-
times as the "Carr District" and sometimes as the "District
over the mountain," was formed in 1820 by a committee
authorized by vote of the town to make needed changes of
that character. The erection of the cotton factory, and the
subsequent development of the mills early in the nineteenth
century, necessarily was accompanied with a considerable in-
crease of inhabitants in that portion of the town and a result-
ing call for a new district. This reasonable request was
ignored or refused for several years, but in 1824 District
No. 11 was formed on recommendation of a competent com-
mittee of investigation, and this constantly increasing district
was divided in 1840 by the formation of District No. 12,
about the High Bridge. After a somewhat continued struggle
District No. 1 was divided in 1842, District No. 13, containing
the part of the district about the Congregational church and
along the street from the church to the foot of Meeting House
Hill, being cut off from the southern portion, and District
No. 14, lying about Kidder Mountain and the Saw Mill Brook,
from the northern portion. This last district, however, was
situated upon two roads meeting but a short distance from
the school-house of No. 1, and after three years of vain at-
tempt to agree upon a site for a school-house, in 1845 it was
returned to its former relations.
There is considerable uncertainty in respect to the loca-
tions of the early school-houses. The former history says
that at the time of its publication there were no traditions
of any such buildings of an earlier date than 1771, when £80
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were voted for their erection, the schools prior to that date
having been kept in private houses, the earliest in the resi-
dence of Reuben Kidder, which was probably the most com-
modious dv>^elling of that day. Tradition gives the name of
William Shattuck as its teacher.
Evidently the normal position for the building of the "Mid-
dle District" was designated in the first vote for a school nine
years earlier, "as near the meeting-house as a house can be
provided," and the former history locates it a short distance
to the northwest of that early temple, and says that it later
became a carpenter's shop. Probably that building met all
the needs of the district until the erection of the house which
the same authority places "in the orchard opposite the north-
east corner of the old burying-ground," adding that "after
the road to the turnpike was built, it was removed down the
hill, and placed at the corner of Mr. Hill's garden." This
road to the turnpike was built in 1802, and the new location
of the school-house after its removal soon after that date
seems to have been the corner diagonally opposite to the
present Baptist church, and only a few rods south of the brick
building which succeeded it in 1829, and was converted into
a blacksmith shop after the erection in 1857 of the present
house upon the hill.
No records or traditions disclose with certainty the posi-
tions of the early school-houses in Districts Nos. 2 and 3;
but the situation of the present and past highways in those
districts makes the conclusion almost unavoidable that the
only positions for the general convenience of the district
must have been very near those of the buildings in use during
recent years ; a conclusion also in harmony with some inci-
dental references to those school-houses in early records re-
lating to the roads.
The school-house in District No. 4 was preceded by one
about half a mile south of the "Gibson Four Corners" on the
road to Ashburnham, but no more definite information con-
cerning its location can be secured.
A school-house which was probably the first in District
No. 5, although it was possibly preceded by one at some point
more in accordance with the vote creating the district "near
Thomas Spaulding's," stood very near the millpond on the
south side of the bridge, practically on the spot now occu-
pied by the store and Smithville postoffice, and served the
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district until 1838, when the present house was erected at a
cost slightly exceeding $400, According to tradition, this
structure, which for a time was considered the model school-
house of the town, had birth in the motion of a citizen of the
district that "we build a white house with green blinds and a
pretty one," which was duly adopted by the district.
The original school-house in District No. 6 stood a few
rods west of the house long occupied by different members
of the Chandler family, situated about a quarter-mile west of
the South burying-yard. This was succeeded, probably in the
last years of the eighteenth century, by a building half a mile
farther west near the point where the long-disused road to
Ashburnham over Nutting Hill in that town branches from
the Rindge road which passes over Binney Hill. The third
house, built in 1838 on the spot occupied by the second at a
cost slightly less than $200, became a dwelling after the clos-
ing of the school in that district, and was destroyed by fire
a few years ago.
It is not certain where the first school was held in the
district afterward No. 7. It is reported to have been in the
first house of "Davis Village" on the left hand of one ap-
proaching from the "Hodgkins Four Corners," now the resi-
dence of William E. Davis, but whether a part of that building
was built for that purpose, or it was a case of continuance of
the previous conditions when all the schools were kept in
dwelling-houses, tradition is silent.
An early school-house whose foundations are perhaps even
yet visible was located on a road now discontinued, but for-
merly extending westward from the termination of the road
branching northward from the turnpike about a quarter-mile
east of the site of the old "Peppermint Tavern," and crossing
Flat Mountain nearly half a mile north of the turnpike, and
rejoining that road a few rods west of the house of Aaron
Brown and his son Hermon, the school being situated
where the two roads were so near together that the late Rev.
John S. Brown related his recollection of plainly hearing from
his home the blows of the rod applied by a sturdy school-
ma'am to the back of a delinquent lad, whose cries of pain
and promises of amendment added to the awe of the little
fellow, as yet too young to go where such methods of instruc-
tion were still in full vigor. Probably it was after the sepa-
ration of the region beyond the summit, and the formation
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of District No. 8, that the No. 7 school-house, now in existence
but used as a henhouse, was built near the house long occu-
pied by George W. Wheeler, and at present by his son
George S.
•T* 'P "F "r
(At this break in the manuscript Prof. Chandler evidently intended
to insert descriptions of other school-houses, but as it is now difficult
to learn those facts and the location of each is plainly marked on the
map of the town, and as most of the structures were plain and unpre-
tentious, a description of each one is omitted. — S. F. L.)
In 1896 the town voted "To have the Selectmen sell No.
6 and 7 school-houses and convert the No. 13 school-house
into a storehouse for road machines and other tools."
In 1899 the town voted "to give No. 8 school-house to the
inhabitants of Wilder Village, so-called, if they would move
it, provided the town could use it for school purposes if they
would."
A review of the appropriations made by the town for the
maintenance of its schools, despite the proverbial lack of gen-
eral interest in a presentation of columns of figures, is found
to speak more clearly than other methods concerning the
town's fidelity to the interests of the successive rising gene-
rations. It exhibits a steady rise in amount, or at least a
rise broken only by occasional brief displays of economy,
sometimes evidently demanded by existing conditions, as in
1775, when the necessities of preparation for the coming strug-
gle with England caused the town to take for such purposes
three-fourths of the highway appropriation and one-half of
that previously granted for schools, or as during a portion of
the Civil War, when the school money was diminished twenty
per cent. Omitting such cases and an occasional increase
for one or two years, probably equally explainable if the facts
were now known, the appropriations have increased as fol-
lows :
The £20 of 1768 and the £40 of 1771 before mentioned
were increased to £50 in 1773 and £60 in 1775, this last being
reduced to £30 a few weeks later, as has been said. The
nominal appropriations through the earlier years of the Revo-
lution greatly increased despite the demands for military ex-
penses, on account of the depreciation of the lawful currency,
the grant for schools in 1780 being £5000. But since the
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price allowed for work on the highways in payment of taxes
was $40 per day, the aspect of those figures is changed. In
1781 there was a reversion to silver money and the school
appropriation was £60. The schools of 1783 had £70, of
1784 £100. of 1787 £120, which dropped through the £110
of 1788 to £100 in 1789 and the succeeding six years; it rose
to £125 in 1796 and £150 in 1797, at which grade, changing
to its equivalent $500 in 1801, it remained during eight years.
Although in 1806 and the succeeding two years it temporarily
rose to $700, that permanent elevation was not attained until
1825. The year 1833 gave $800, which rose through inter-
mediate allowances of $840 and $850 to $900 in 1841, and $1000
in 1845.
After rising and falling, in six years apparently $1500 was
adopted as a minimum appropriation in 1851 ; the grant has
not fallen below that sum since that date save in the three
years of the Civil War before mentioned. The prosperous
years of 1868 and 1869 saw a rise to $1800 and $2000 grants,
the last-named remaining permanent for seventeen years with
the exception of two years at $1900, and one at $2500. The
year 1886, however, gave only $1500, 1887 S1800, 1888 $2000.
Since that time the appropriation has varied about equally
between $1500 and $1800; until 1907 again set the figures at
$2000, and 1908 broke the record by voting for $2250.
A comparison of these later sums with the earlier one
raises a mental query concerning the way in which those
smaller sums met the supposed needs of the schools, and an
examination of some of the old district records may go far to
solve the problem. The report of the "Trustee" of the
"South West District" reported the expenses of the year
1798. There had been but a single term of school, which was
kept by a "master" at three dollars per week, and with a
term nine weeks in length instruction for the year required
$27, besides payment for the master's board, which called for
$9.97 more. The twelve cords of wood consumed during those
nine weeks in the huge fireplace occupying one corner of the
school-room was probably cut enough by the boys of the
school to allow it to be placed upon the fire, but nevertheless
$9.69 more of the school money was used before the fuel
reached the school-house. Repairs to the building cost $4.84
more, and the entire expenditure was $51.50. In later years
there were nearly always two terms even in the smaller dis-
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tricts, but the summer school usually called for only $2 per
week, equally divided between the "mistress" and the one
who at the school meeting had "bid off" her board. As the
term in the smaller district was usually only seven or eight
weeks in length, there would be nearly or quite the sum of
$40 remaining for the winter term, which with wood at little
over one dollar per cord, and teacher's board requiring from
seven to nine shillings, that is from $1,167^ to $1.50 per week,
would pay a young man, often only sixteen or eighteen years
old, or a more experienced woman for perhaps ten weeks'
service.
Even as late as 1850 the necessary expenses were still
so moderate that the records of the Smithville District, which
at that time had sixty names on its school roll in the winter
and three-fourths as many in the summer, and employed a
"master" and "mistress" of long and successful experience,
show the possibility of providing for six or seven months'
schooling with the one hundred and fifty dollars which was
the amount usually received from the town.
From the days when the schools were entirely under the
control of the selectmen, subject only to the vote of the town,
as fully as were all other town interests, to the conditions of
the twentieth century, is a long course passing in its progress
through a period analogous in some respects to the times of
"States' Rights" agitation. The school districts of 1770 could
hardly be called civic entities in any sense whatever. They
were simply geographical divisions of the town made for the
convenience of the scholars, but entirely under the control
of the central magnates, the selectmen. Although the vote
of that year directed the choice of a man by each district to
receive the money assigned for its use, it is evident that for a
time this was not done, and the money was placed in the
hands of some one chosen by the selectmen as their agent
for expending the money, or as a "trustee," this name con-
tinuing after he was chosen by the district, as is shown in
the old district records made after the districts had assumed
civic personality. But the time of this assumption is uncer-
tain. The term "prudential committee" first appears in the
town records in 1828, when it is voted that they be chosen
by the districts, and District No. 1 employed that term in
the following October; but the new phrase, probably origi-
nated by the Legislature in making formal recognition of
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the district system, did not reach District No. 6 until six years
later. With the district's step into full life came a marked
dislike of any outside supervision, manifested in occasional
attempts to disregard all town authority. This "district
rights" feeling was shown by the insertion of articles in the
town warrant like the following considered about 1840: "To
see if the town will dispense with any part of the work of
the Superintending School Committee, so far as relates to
examination or inspection," which suggests entire ignorance
of any state control of school activities. Probably this diffi-
culty was recognized later, for in 1854 the following action
of the town was recorded : "Voted to accept the following
resolution. Whereas the laws relative to the Superintending
School Committee are unjust in their inception, and arbitrary
in their enactment, inasmuch as they deprive the people of
their right of controlling their own schools, therefore. Re-
solved that the Representatives of this Town be requested
to use their influence to procure such an amendment of School
laws as shall restore the District their rights which have been
unjustly taken from them." The records give nothing further
concerning this action which seems so inexplicable in these
days of the centralization of power; but some of the older
citizens of the town remember that only a few weeks before
this action there had been very serious trouble in one of the
larger districts of the town, where a considerable majority
of its citizens had become dissatisfied with the teacher of
their school, and had applied for his dismissal by the superin-
tending committee. In reply to the petition an investigation
was held before this committee at which both the petitioners
and the teacher were represented by legal counsel, and during
two or three days witnesses were examined under oath. After
due consideration the committee declined to assent to the
request, and the petitioners established a private school for
their children, who constituted about three-fifths of the school.
As the committee at that time consisted of the pastors of
three of the four churches of the town, who were known to
have differed in their views of the question, and as the divi-
sion in the district unfortunately was along church lines, the
dissension ran through the town and probably gave the votes
required for the passage of the resolution. The representa-
tives elected at the meeting which passed this resolution
were Hosea Eaton and Jonathan Hall, the latter being the
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Methodist pastor and a member of the school committee
which had considered the petition. The records of the Legis-
lature show that he presented a bill concerning the duties
and privileges of superintending school committees, which
was referred to the Judiciary committee, and soon after upon
the recommendation of that committee indefinitely postponed.
The superintending school committee seems to have been
evolved quite slowly from the earlier condition of rule by the
selectmen. The term first appears in the town records at
about the same time with prudential committee, in some men-
tion of its reports, but the names of the men composing this
committee do not seem to be recorded until 1833. But its
forerunner is in evidence thirty years earlier, as in 1803 it
was "Voted to appoint a committee to inspect the several
schools in town," and they "chose the Rev*^. M"". Farrar,
B. Champney Esq. Supply Wilson, Seth Wheeler, Josiah
Davis, Jun''. Dea°. James Chandler, Thaddeus Taylor, Lieut.
Noah Bartlett, Maj"". Benj. Williams and Isaac Appleton
Jun"".," evidently one from each of the nine districts then
existing with the addition of the pastor by virtue of his office,
although no mention is made of that condition of selection
for several years. But the committee was appointed every
year, being varied by the addition of sundry members ex
officio, such as the preceptor of the Academy, the Baptist
pastor, and the selectmen. The year 1808, however, seems
to have had a faint vision of a future improvement, as the
committee for that year was smaller and evidently selected
on account of their fitness instead of for geographic reasons.
The members were: — "The Selectmen, Rev"^ Stephen Farrar,
the Hon. Tim°. Farrar Esq. the Preceptor of the Academy,
Benjamin Champney Esq. & Nath'. D. Gould." It was also
"Voted that said committee inspect the several schools on the
first & last week of keeping, also call upon the Master for
his credentials."
This last vote suggests an inquiry concerning the nature
of the "credentials" required in those days antedating all
superintending committees, normal schools, or other official
examiners provided to stand sponsor for satisfactory scholas-
tic ability. A few aged persons still recall the days when the
certificate of any liberally educated person, as the members of
the "learned professions" were supposed to be, was deemed
sufficient. The last member of the specially qualified conv
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mittee, elected a century ago, furnishes an apt illustration.
At the meeting of the Academy alumni held in 1861, Nathaniel
D. Gould, probably the oldest of the large number present who
were former students, was elected to preside over the fes-
tivities, and on taking his seat began his extemporaneous in-
augural by saying, "I claim to be one of the Alumni. Sixty-
four years ago, I spent two weeks within the walls of the
building first erected by the founders of the Academy." He
did not at that time state publicly what motives prompted
that brief academic career, but it was soon divulged that at
least that period of attendance was necessary to obtain the
preceptor's certificate of his fitness to fill a teacher's desk in
some neighboring district school-house.
The ponderous committee of from nine to twice nine mem-
bers was chosen annually under names varying a little from
year to year but with the same power, or lack of power, as
at first, until 1827, but is not recorded in 1828, in which year
two new terms appear, probably as a result of state action in
formal recognition and authoritative regulation of the dis-
trict schools previously evolved. New Ipswich "Voted that
the Prudential Committees be chosen by the respective school
Districts," and at the same time the superintending committee
begins to be in evidence by the acceptance of its annual re-
ports and the occasional appointment in some years of one
citizen from each district "to visit schools in conjunction
with School Committee." The new office did not acquire
sufficient importance in public estimation to have its choice
or appointment recorded among that of other town officers
until 1838, and therefore the first incumbents are now un-
known ; but there seems to be little doubt that it was practi-
cally composed of the pastors of the several churches of the
town, when their number was sufficient to form it, since such
was the case for some years after the record of its membership
begins, and it is recalled by some who were scholars in those
years that in common speech there was no mention of visits
from "the committee," but that there were periods when it
was expected that "the ministers" would come in.
He ***** *
(From 1848 to 1854 the committee consisted of three men ;
from 1854 to 1885, of one man, usually elected by ballot,
otherwise appointed by the selectmen. Beginning with 1886
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the committee has been composed of three members as in
earlier years, and since 1890 one of the board has been a
woman, an innovation which has proved of benefit to both
scholars and teachers.
In 1835 there were four hundred children in our schools.
Now in 1913 there are one hundred and thirty names on the
records.
As the population decreased the number of schools less-
ened, and from the thirteen schools in 1883 the number has
diminished to four in 1913. Following the change now nearly
universal, our schools, ere many years, will be thoroughly
graded, and necessarily consolidated. Thus, with the further
advantages of the training at our Academy now open to every
child in town, we may feel that the educational outlook for
future generations is well up to the standard set in the earliest
years. — S. F. L.)
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CHAPTER V
THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
AT the time of the publication of the former history of New
-^^ Ipswich there were still a few Revolutionary soldiers
surviving, and a very large number who had heard the story
of that strife from the lips of those who participated in it.
There still remained a spirit in the tale which must needs
have weakened and become faint, as the events of those criti-
cal years have been obscured by later contests until they
seem almost to have their place amid the tales of ancient his-
tory. But on the other hand the last half-century has seen
the scattered records of Revolutionary events collected and
published, giving a story which may indeed be somewhat
more prosaic than oft-repeated olden tales, but presents
greater assurance of certainty.
There are many problems still unsolved. Not only were
there parties of New Ipswich patriots who devoted their
energies for a longer or shorter period to the contest for free-
dom, of whose names no list is known to exist and of whose
activities while away from their homes we have no record
save the uncertain one of tradition, but it is often uncertain
to whom carefully preserved official records refer. The prac-
tice, common at that time and unfortunately not yet by any
means extinct, of giving a son the name of his father without
any change, an abundant source of error in all historical work,
combined with the frequent omission of the affixed "jr." in
the case of records made at a distance from the home of the
father, causes frequent uncertainties, several of which it has
not been found possible to remove from the following reg-
ister of the Revolutionary work of New Ipswich. A second
fact is productive of still greater uncertainties. In the early
days of this country middle names among the common people
were almost unknown, and as a result the number of persons
bearing identical names was very large. The concurrence of
a name in each of several neighboring towns was not at all
infrequent, and as the members of a company formed for
military service were rarely from a single town, a familiar
New Ipswich name upon a company roll is by no means
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History of New Ipswich
conclusive evidence of New Ipswich service in that company.
While careful search has been made for determining evidence
in such cases, it is most probable that some questions have
been incorrectly judged, with an admission to the roll or
exclusion from it as a result.
New Hampshire has done especially valuable work in this
prolonged and oft perplexing labor of search, comparison, and
publication ; and a few lines from the pen of Isaac W. Ham-
mond, the editor and compiler of the Revolutionary Rolls
and other documents of that period, and a man guided by
a true antiquarian spirit, may perhaps fitly introduce the rec-
ords of the men of New Ipswich, beginning with the firing
at the North Bridge of "the shot heard round the world."
Of that time he writes:
Companies were formed and drilled, and when, on the nineteenth
day of April, 1775, the crisis came, the men of New Hampshire dropped
their implements of industry, seized whatever they could of implements
of warfare, and by companies, by tens, by fives, and by twos hurried
to the front. The same spirit pervaded the women, many of whom
spent the nights of the nineteenth and twentieth in making clothes, bak-
ing bread, and moulding bullets for their husbands and sons, bidding
them good-bye at daylight, with a God-speed upon their tremulous lips;
and while the men went forth to repel the invading army, the women
tilled the soil, spun the yarn, and wove the cloth that clothed the family.
The number of men who went from this state to Cambridge at that
time is unknown; many were not organized in companies, some returned
after being absent from one to two weeks, and many enlisted for eight
months, forming the nucleus for the regiments of Stark and Reed, which
did admirable service at Bunker Hill.
Very few rolls of those earliest companies have been found.
Probably in very many cases no rolls were ever written, but
the men gathered and united under those among them selected
at the time, because they were of those "born to command."
But the "Roll of the men who marched from New Ipswich
before daylight on the morning of April 20, 1775," attested
by their captain, is preserved among the state archives. It
contains ninety-eight names, including that of their pastor,
whose time of service, recorded with those of his parishioners
and fellow-soldiers, is more than twice as long as that of any
one of them, except those who before returning home enlisted
in other companies.
The list of names is given below; and it is believed that
each name borne upon it is that of a resident in the town.
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The First Uprising
The spontaneous, indignant uprising, the almost instantaneous
departure to protect or avenge their brother patriots, waited
not to seek more distant organizations ; then was the time
when the town moved as a unit.
Days
Days
Thomas Heald Capt.
13
Hezekiah Corey Ensign
6
*Ezra Town Lieut.
William Start Clerk
13
Joseph Parker
13
Isaac How Seg't
13
Saml. Whittemore
3
Tim" Farrar
5
Simeon Hildrith
7
Jno. Wilkins
5
Eben' Brown
2
Dan' Mansfield
5
Jonas Wilson Jr
7
Peter Fletcher
5
Simeon Gould
4
Jno. Sartell
8
Jona. Davis
4
Abel Miles
13
Francis Fletcher
10
Wm Speer
6
Joseph Pollard
13
♦Elijah Davis
13
Nath' Pratt
9
David Sanders
8
Edm* Bryant
5
Joseph Warren
5
William Hodgkins
5
Moses Tucker
2
James Chandler
5
Thomas Fletcher
5
Jon. Brookes Serj
13
Dan' Clary
6
Jno. Cutter
11
Isaac Farwell
S
Nath' Swain
9
Tim° Farwell
5
Tim" Wheelock
4
Nath' Melvin
8
Joel Wheelock
8
Jno. Walker
5
Nath' Reed
5
Wm Kendall
8
Jesse Carlton
13
Danl. Stratton
5
Jno. Brown Jr.
7
James Tidder
13
Joseph Wright
7
*Nath' Carlton
13
*Samuel Soper
13
Allen Breed
13
Stephen Davis
5
Jona. Wheet
7
Robert Campbell
3
Whitcomb Powers
13
Thos Brown
13
Joseph Bates
5
Jonas Wheeler
7
Chas. Barrett
1
*Josiah Walton
13
Isaac Appleton
5
Leonard Parker
7
Reuben Kidder
5
Joseph Tinney
5
Jere'' Underwood
7
Wm Faris
7
Benj. Pollard
13
Ephraim Foster
8
Abr" Abbott
13
Daniel Foster
13
Josiah Rodgers
5
Samuel Foster
8
Saml Haywood
5
*Timo. Stearns
13
Thos Farnsworth
8
Benja Gibbs
8
Stephen Parker
5
♦Supply Wilson
13
Nath' Stone
5
Saml. Kinney
13
Timo. Fox
4
Jno. Melvin
5
Nath' Farr
13
*David Melvin
13
Saml. Bartlett
3
Josiah Davis
5
James Barr
3
Benja Hoar
7
Amos Boynton
7
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Days
Days
Aaron Chamberlain
9
Elear Cummings
5
Rev. Stephen Farrar
30
Isaac Clark
5
Elijah Flagg
6
Wm Shattuck
3
*Josiah Brown Sgt.
13
Eph"" Adams Jr
7
*Benj. Williams
13
Robert Harkness
7
Attest Tho' Heald
*Those marked with an asterisk enlisted in Capt. Archelaus Towne's
company for eight months.
It may be seen that ten of the names in this initial list
are marked as of those who had enlisted in the company of
Capt. Archelaus Towne, who was a resident in Amherst. But
none of their names appear on the roll of his company, the
organization of which did not commence until April 28, and
then proceeded somewhat more slowly than was perhaps
thought proper by these members of Capt. Heald's command.
At all events, on April 23 one of their number, Ezra Towne,
by request of the Committee of Safety, commenced the or-
ganization of a company and had thirty names upon his roll
on that day, which number rapidly increased to sixty-five,
and this roll included the remaining nine names starred upon
the roll of Capt. Heald, Josiah Brown being first lieutenant,
Benjamin Williams first sergeant, and Supply Wilson first
corporal. This was the fourth company in Col. James Reed's
regiment, and its term of service is recorded as terminating
on August 1. But the former history of the town states,
probably on reliable authority, that "they continued to form
part of the army employed in the Siege of Boston" until the
departure of the British fleet.
This company had a notable part in the battle of Bunker
Hill, belonging as it did to the regiment of Col. James Reed,
which was a part of the little force "at the rail fence and on
the bank of the Mystic" of which the historian Drake says,
"The weight of the first and second attacks was borne by
the defenders of the rail fence, where Gen. Howe in person
attacked, with the very flower of his army, supported by artil-
lery." And it is said in the account of the battle made by
the Massachusetts Committee on Safety, that "The retreat of
this little handful of brave men (under Col. Prescott) would
have been effectually cut ofif had it not happened that the
flanking party of the enemy, which was to have come up on
the back of the redoubt, was checked by a party of provin-
cials, (Stark's, Reed's, and Knowlton's men,) who fought with
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Captain Towne's Company
the utmost bravery and kept them from advancing farther
than the beach."
An examination of the roll of Capt. Ezra Towne's com-
pany, as given below, shows thirty-five members enrolled from
New Ipswich, eighteen from Temple, four from Washington,
three from Peterborough, two from Mason, two from Nelson,
while one remains with his home unmarked, but other evi-
dence shows that he was a fourth from Peterborough. Ben-
jamin King is recorded from Mason, but he had probably
but just removed from town and in July is found in the roll
of a Massachusetts regiment credited to New Ipswich.
As shown by the note at the close of the roll its original
is to be found in the Massachusetts archives ; and it has been
copied for insertion here rather than the one in the New
Hampshire archives on account of the interesting facts con-
cerning residence not given on the New Hampshire roll. The
two lists of names difiter sufficiently to show that neither is
a copy of the other, and yet they are practically the same,
the differences, with the exception of "Arthur Kirkwood" in
one being "Archer Churchwood" in the other, being such
errors as might result from misunderstanding of a name un-
familiar to the recording officer. There is, however, one
rather more important difference in respect to the date of
the death of David Scott, which according to the New Hamp-
shire record should be "kill'd June 17," while the Massa-
chusetts one gives June 16 as the day of his death. The color
of the ink in this record suggests a comparatively recent date
for that inscription, and the greater probability of death on
the day of the battle has caused a change to be made to the
New Hampshire date in the roll here given.
The loss sustained by the New Ipswich company in this
so sharply contested struggle is not recorded, and tradition
after this length of time cannot be very reliable. But it seems
to have been much smaller than would have been expected
in such conditions. Apparently there was no other death
beside that above mentioned, and the names of but few
wounded men are known. Josiah Walton was not expected
to recover from a severe wound in his shoulder and neck,
but his recovery proved sufficient to return him to his place
in the ranks before the discharge of the company from ser-
vice. Asa Adams was also seriously injured, but the former
history gives no more names, and other sources fail to make
more definite the statement that "several were wounded."
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History of New Ipswich
The roll of Capt. Jonathan Whitcomb's company, also in
the regiment of Col. Reed, bears the names of Moses Tucker,
Abel Estabrooks, and Sergt. Amos Boynton, and the roll of
Capt. Benj. Mann's company in the same regiment the names
of Nathaniel Farr, Simeon Hildreth, and John Thomas.
The next military activity of New Ipswich, manifested very
soon after the battle of Bunker Hill, is recorded in the former
history in the following words : "It was supposed that the
British would march out to attack our lines at Cambridge,
and a company of about thirty left town immediately, and
soon reached the army ; but after a short stay, finding their
services could be dispensed with, they returned home." No
further record of this expedition has been found. Very prob-
ably the company did not really enter the service, and their
names were never recorded.
No further service is known to have been offered from
the town for several months ; but near the close of the year
a very urgent call was made, to which a response was given
with no less promptness and ardor than had characterized
the previous action of the town. The urgency of the need is
presented by the following extract from a letter of Gen. John
Sullivan, in command at Winter Hill near Boston, to the New
Hampshire Committee of Safety, bearing date November 30,
1775. "I have by command of General Washington to inform
you. That the Connecticut forces (Deaf to the entreaties of
their own as well as all other officers & regardless of the con-
tempt with which their own Government threatens to treat
them on their return) have absolutely refused to tarry till
the first day of January, but will quit the lines on the 6th of
Decemb^ They have deceived us & their officers by pretend-
ing there would be no difficulty with them till they have got
so near the close of their term ; and now to their Eternal In-
famy demand a bounty to induce them to tarry only the three
weeks. This is such an Insult to every American that we
determined to release them at the expiration of their term
at all hazards & find ourselves obliged immediately to supply
their places with Troops from New Hampshire & Massachu-
setts Bay." The call upon New Hampshire was for thirty-
one companies, a little less than two thousand men, to serve
until the fifteenth of January. The Committee met on De-
cember 2, and the companies were raised and forwarded with
such alacrity that only six days later Gen. Sullivan wrote to
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New Hampshire's Leadership
the Committee saying: "General Washington and all the
other officers are extremely pleased & bestow the highest
encomiums on you and your troops, freely acknowledging that
the New Hampshire Forces for bravery & resolution far sur-
pass the other Colonies & that no Province discovers so much
zeal in the common cause."
It is very unfortunate that no record is known to exist
of the New Ipswich men who had a part in this act of relief
to the army and of rebuke to those who had failed to accept
their opportunity for special service. There is a roll of the
commissioned officers of each one of the thirty-one companies,
in which New Ipswich is credited with one company of which
Eleazer Cummings was captain, Henry Forgerson first lieu-
tenant, and Ezekiel Goodale second lieutenant. Blood's his-
tory of Temple gives the names of eighteen men of that town
who enlisted at that time for a period of six weeks and the
name of Ezekiel Goodale is among them. Moreover, at a
later date he is termed "Lieut. Goodale." It may therefore
be concluded that New Ipswich and Temple united in the
formation of this company ; and as the former New Ipswich
history states that the New Ipswich contribution to its ranks
numbered twenty-six, there remain twenty men of the full
company who came from some other place or places not yet
identified.
The year 1776, during which the issues of the contest
were so unmistakably defined, witnessed the response of New
Ipswich men to six calls for service in what was really, though
still but dimly, becoming recognized to be a national army.
Concerning the first of these no record of details is known
to exist, and tradition has so faded that nothing concerning
the part of New Ipswich can be added to the few lines given
in the former town history, where it is said : "In February
of this year a call was made for men to reinforce the army
attempting the conquest of Canada. Seventeen men were
raised, who proceeded, under Capt. Towne, by the way of
Lake Champlain, as far as St. Johns ; but the failure of
Arnold's attempt on Quebec, and the retreat from Montreal,
terminated the expedition, and they returned." The practi-
cal truth of this tradition is certified and a few additional
details are furnished by a petition of Capt. Towne now in
the New Hampshire archives and published in the State Pa-
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History of New Ipswich
pers which have given so great aid in the preparation of this
chapter. The petition is as follows :
To the General Court of the State of New Hampshire
The Petition of Ezra Town of New Ipswich in said State humbly
shows that he in January AD 1776 commanded a company in the service
of the United States, and that his Men went into Canada then to Albany
in the same year and on the first of December in the same year his
company marched to Pennsylvania and continued there until the first
day of Jan^ following and soon after his company was dismissed without
rations or any subsistence money to carry them home.
New Ipswich 30*'" Jan'' 1786. Ezra Towne
This petition receiving no favorable attention, two years
later he presented another containing the additional facts that
his company was in Gen. James Reed's regiment, and that
they were discharged at Morristown, N. J., February 13, 1777.
The next call for aid was from the Northern army on
Lake Champlain ; and during the spring Capt. Joseph Parker
raised a company which joined the army in July. Eighteen
men of New Ipswich are said in the former history to have
enlisted in this company; but it is by no means an easy task
to determine which fourth part of the ninety-three names
borne upon its roll were from the town. Capt. Parker was
the only one of the commissioned officers included in this
portion of the company, as Ensign John Taggart was from
Peterborough, and the Lieutenants, Daniel Rand and David
Hunter, bear surnames not found in the New Ipswich records
of that date. The following list, however, seems to contain
the New Ipswich section of the company.
Joseph Parker, Capt.
Simeon BuUard Serjt. Samuel Parker
Isaac Preston, Corp. Whitcomb Powers
Allen Breed, Corp. William Scott
Jonas Adams, Corp. Nathaniel Stratton
Stephen Adams Peter Shattuck
Ephraim Adams Nathaniel Melvin
Allen Breed Jr. James Wilson
James Chandler Levi Spaulding
Simeon Hildreth Jonathan Wheat
Leonard Parker John Thomas
The period of this company's service is uncertain; they were
mustered in July 18, and are believed to have served through
the autumn.
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Captain Smith's Company
In the following September a company enlisted from New
Ipswich and neighboring towns included with it in the militia
regiment of Col. Enoch Hale was united with seven or more
companies raised from different militia regiments and marched
under the command of Col. Nahum Baldwin to reinforce the
army in New York. This company was under the command
of Capt. Abijah Smith of New Ipswich, Lieut. James Crombie
being from Rindge, and Ensign Robert Fletcher from Temple.
They served about three months, during which they were
in the battle at White Plains, but were not so situated as to
suffer. The entire body returned home early in the winter.
The same difficulty is presented in this company as in that
of Capt. Joseph Parker, but it is believed that the following
names form nearly the correct list for New Ipswich.
Abijah Smith, Capt.
Benjamin Adams Abel Estabrook
Eli Adams Jonathan Kinney
Ephraim Adams John Knowlton
Thomas Adams Stephen Pierce
Isaac Appleton Nathaniel Stone
Benjamin Cutter Supply Wilson
John Cutter Joseph Wright
Jonas Button
Under date of Oct. 24, 1775, Oliver Prescott wrote to Henry
Gardner : "Twenty-six men march this day from the town
of New Ipswich" to Ticonderoga. — American Archives, Vol.
2, p. 1227.
In October there marched from the counties of Hills-
borough and Cheshire, on the requisition of General Gates, a
small body of men to reinforce the army at Ticonderoga. It
is doubtful if the only roll of this force which is known to
have been preserved, and which was discovered in the Pen-
sion Bureau at Washington, is at all complete, as of the
thirty-nine names which it bears are those of Lieut.-Col.
Thomas Heald and Adjutant Isaac How of New Ipswich, a
captain and a lieutenant from Rindge, the same from Temple,
eight sergeants, a corporal, and only twenty-four privates.
In this roll the residence of each man is stated, and New Ips-
wich is credited with Sergeants William Strate, John Brooks,
and Benjamin Williams, and Privates Josiah Brown, Peter
Fletcher, Francis Fletcher, Edmund Towne, Stephen Parker,
Thomas Farnsworth, Timothy Wheelock, Joseph Wright,
Joel Wheelock, Timothy Stearns, Henry Fletcher, Daniel
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Adams, and Nathaniel Pratt. This detachment was absent
about three months, having been on duty at Fort Independ-
ence.
The conditions of the next call for troops are thus stated
in the first volume of "Revolutionary Rolls" of New Hamp-
shire. "In answer to a requisition from General Washington,
the legislature on the fourth day of December, 1776, 'Voted,
That five hundred men be Draughted from the several Regi-
ments in this State as soon as possible, and ofificered 8i sent
to New York.' * * * * ^1-,^ cause of this call
was, that the terms of service of the troops in garrison at
Fort George and Ticonderoga would expire on the last day
of December, and if their places were not filled those posts
would fall into the hands of General Sir Guy Carleton."
Francis Towne of Rindge was captain of a company in
Col. D^vid Gilman's regiment of this levy, and the roll of his
company bears the following names the same as those of
residents in New Ipswich, and names which appear on other
rolls with those of New Ipswich soldiers.
Simeon Gould, Serjt. David Sanders
Stephen Parker, Serjt. Thomas Adams
John Bryant, Drum^ William Priest
Isaac Adams Isaac Proctor
Elijah Mansfield Daniel Adams
Abel Dutton Edmund Towne
Asa Gibbs Peter Fletcher
iVsa Perham
The record of New Ipswich soldiers of 1776 closes with
the names of Thomas Brown, Josiah Fletcher, Simeon Gould,
William Hodgkins, Henry Knowlton, Abner Preston, Jesse
Walker, and Jonas Wheeler, found upon the roll of the com-
pany of Capt. Samuel Atkinson "stationed at Coos in Haver-
hill under the directions of the Committee appointed for said
purpose Decemb"" 1, 1776," and they are added to the previous
lists of the year on similar evidence to that which seemed
to demand the same recognition of the list immediately
preceding.
It may justly be claimed that New Ipswich, during the
year of the nation's birth, held a worthy place in the state
of which it has been written that "New Hampshire performed
her share of the work of 1776 in full, as she had the year
before, responding ably and patriotically to every call made
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upon her for men. In several instances her troops remained
in the service beyond their terms of enlistment, notwithstand-
ing they were of necessity scantily fed and clothed, and poorly
provided with protection against the inclemency of the
weather. In no instance, when the exigency of the occasion
seemed to require their services beyond their terms of en-
listment, were they appealed to in vain."
The next year was entered with the same spirit, and with
a clearer realization of the true issue. The last town meeting
called in New Ipswich 'Tn His Majesty's Name" was the
annual meeting held in March, 1775. No authority had been
named in the warrants for the numerous meetings necessi-
tated by the conditions of the succeeding two years, but the
annual meeting held March 10, 1777, was called 'Tn name of
the Government and People of the State of New Hampshire."
During this year the military interest of the state naturally
centered upon the Northern army and the movements in the
region of Ticonderoga. The strengthening national thought
was evidenced in the three New Hampshire Continental regi-
ments commanded by Colonels Joseph Cilley, Nathan Hale,
and Alexander Scammell. The comparative inefficiency of
brief periods of service had been demonstrated by sad ex-
perience, and some more systematic method of filling the
ranks had become necessary. The return of Enoch Hale of
Rindge, colonel of the Fourteenth Regiment of militia, made
early in this year, shows the radical change in conditions
since the day of the "Concord Fight." A portion of it is given
below: —
State of New Hampshire
To the Hon"'* Committee of Safety for said State Pursuant to
orders Received in April A. D. 1777 directing me to Raise one hundred
and nineteen men to serve in the Continental Armey for three years
or during the war I have Proportioned the men to the several Towns
or Companys in my Regiment as follows (viz)
New Ipswich 22 Marlborough 6
Rindge 17 Stoddard 6
Temple 13 Packersfield 5
Peterborough 14 Washington 4
Jaffrey 14 Slip Town 2
Fitzwilliam 8
Dublin 8 119
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New Ipswich Returned Twenty one men
Silas Gill Jacob Potter
Ephraim Foster Ephraim Severance
John Yeaman Moses Farnorth
Levi Adams Ithamar Wheelock
Jonas Adams William Prichard
Rolins Colburn Abner Preston &
Nath' Hase William Hueitt
in Capt. Farwells Com'y Col° Silleys Regiment — and
Asa Gibbs Daniel Foster
Asa Pearham Ebenezer Fletcher &
Sam' Foster John Johnson
in Cap' Carr^ Comp'y Col° Hale' Regiment — they likewise Returned
William Scott in said Carr' Company that they hired from Peterborough
Slip Being one that Sliptown Returned and say that Sliptown neglect
to pay back their money.
It should not be inferred that the men responding to the
definite call upon each town had been secured by means of
a draft. In fact, the payroll of Capt. Farwell's company dated
nearly a year later has several of the names in this list credited
with service beginning at an earlier date than the time of
the reception of the order to Col. Enoch Hale mentioned in
his return, but probably they had not been reported to the
Committee of Safety before the order for new recruits had
been issued. This later list difl:'ers from the one given above
by having the name of Samuel Potter, which other records
show correct, instead of Jacob Potter, and by the absence of
the name of John Yeaman and William Hueitt. What was
undoubtedly an error is also corrected and Moses Farnsworth
appears in place of the earlier abridged form. Bunker Clark,
who was certainly a resident in New Ipswich, is credited to
Packersfield. William Hewitt appears in other places as a
member of that company and receipts for his bounty and
wages at Valley Forge in 1778. John Yeaman also is found
(with a slight change in his name) in another company of
the same regiment. Capt. Isaac Farwell was of Charlestown,
and is probably not the Isaac Farwell who went from New
Ipswich at the time of the Concord alarm. The first lieutenant
was James Taggart of Peterborough, the second lieutenant
Jeremiah Pritchard of New Ipswich, and the ensign Jonathan
Willard of Charlestown. Rawlins Colborn and Levi Adams
held warrants of first and second sergeants. The company
of the Second Regiment containing the remainder of the April
levy was commanded by Capt. James Carr of Somersworth,
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the first lieutenant being Samuel Cherry of Londonderry, the
second lieutenant Peletiah Whittemore of New Ipswich, and
the ensign George Frost of Greenland.
The service of these men did not terminate in three years,
as the names of several of them are found later to continue
"during the war." But now attention, which had been tempo-
rarily somewhat diverted from the region of Ticonderoga, was
abruptly recalled. "On the evening of the 2d day of May,
1777, dispatches were received by the committee of safety
of this state, informing them that the garrison at Ticonderoga
was in danger of being taken by the enemy, and urging that
the militia be sent forward at once to reenforce that important
post." Messages were at once sent to the colonels of the
regiments situated along the western line of the state urging
them "by all that is sacred to raise as many of your Militia
as possible and march theni to Ticonderoga." Col. Enoch
Hale was not one of those nearest to the seat of danger, and
therefore specially called upon, but none the less fifty-four
men were gathered from that regiment who marched on May
6 for Ticonderoga, under the command of Capt. Josiah Brown
of New Ipswich. It is impossible to be perfectly sure how
many of this company were from New Ipswich. The former
history speaks of this as "a company of twenty-four men,"
which probably is the traditional number of its New Ipswich
members. The entire roll is here presented, and those names
which are doubtless the names of New Ipswich men, or which
from other facts seem most probably to be of that town, are
marked with an asterisk.
*Josiah Brown, Capt. Jos. Stanley
Asa Sherwin, 1st Lt. Moses Hale
*SamueI Howard, 2d Lt. John Emery
*Benj. Williams, Ens. Abel Piatt
Jona. Ingals, Serjt. Saml. Chaplin
*Ezra Morse, Serjt. Moses Chaplain
Abraham Brooks, Serjt. Peter Webster
William Robb, Serjt. Amos Ingals
♦Abel Easterbrooks, Corp. *Thomas Brown
Jona. Putnam, Corp. *James Tidder
Jona. Morse, Corp. *Nathl. Pratt
Israel Keys, Corp. *Nathl. Farr
Silas Angier *Jona. Parker
David Adams *John Wheeler
♦Samuel Adams *Isaac Farwell
William Thomson *Daniel Clary
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* Nathan Cutter
*Saml. Walker
*Jesse Walker
*Elijah Davis
*Peter Shadduck
*John Thomas
*John Yarmon
David Townsend
John Patten
*Richard Stickney
Eben Severance
Benja. Severance
Jona. Marshall
*Danl. Morse
Joshua Greenwood
*Asa Pratte
Thos. Smith
Thos. Davidson
Joseph Farrar
Jason Rice
Eben Spaulding
John White
Aaron Beals
Most of this company continued in service at Ticonderoga
about six weeks, and were then discharged. But they had
hardly scattered to their homes when the capture of Crown
Point and the rapid advance of Burgoyne upon Ticonderoga
made the crisis more imperative in its call for aid from the
militia. On June 29 Capt. Brown again started at the head
of a company of forty-eight men, this time a solid company
of the town; having reached Number Four (Charlestown),
they were ordered to return, and arrived at Rindge on July 3.
But here they were overtaken by orders again reversing their
course, and the first anniversary of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence was spent while following again the route westward.
Only as far as Rutland, however, for there they met the army
in retreat. Apparently about half the company returned home
directly from Rindge, as they are credited on the roll with
only five days' service and were discharged on the third of
July instead of the twelfth.
The roll is given below:
Josiah Brown, Capt.
Edmund Bryant, Lieut.
Isaac Clark, Lieut.
Hezekiah Corey, Ensign
John Brooks, Serjt.
Thomas Brown, Serjt.
Josiah Walton, Serjt.
Elijah Davis, Serjt.
Elijah Morse, Corpl.
Stephen Hildreth, Corpl.
Allen Breed, Corpl.
Nathan Wesson, Corpl.
William Kendall
Ebenezer Bullard
William Plodgkins
Asa Parker
Ephraim Stevens
Joseph Felt
Whitcomb Powers
Jona Easterbrooks
William Spear, Junr.
Nehemiah Stratton
Phineas Adams
John Knight
John Thomas
Peter Shattuck
Joseph Pollard
Edmund Sawtel
Jonathan Davis
Stephen Adams
Leonard Parker
David Melvin
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Amos Wheeler William Richards
Nat. Carlton Timothy Fox
Nat Swain Josiah Rogers
Zebediah Whittemore Joseph Tinney
Nat Melvin John Warner
Peter Fletcher John Cutter
Stephen Parker Wm Spears
Josiah Fletcher David Elliot
Thirty of the members of this company were provided
with horses, and it is said that the march was largely taken
by the "ride and tie" method.
Apparently the other companies of Col. Enoch Hale's reg-
iment did not turn out in response to the call to Ticonderoga
in as large numbers as that under Capt. Josiah Brown ; but
a detachment of the regiment marched under command of
Lieut. -Col. Thomas Heald of New Ipswich, Francis Fletcher,
the adjutant, being also from that town. This detachment
contained portions of five companies, and the names of New
Ipswich men are found on the roll of each of those companies,
although it is impossible to determine with certainty they
were not residents of other localities bearing the same name.
But no evidence appears to cause the following names to be
refused as New Ipswich soldiers.
In the company of Capt. Salmon Stone of Rindge : Reuben
Russell, Samuel Russell, Samuel Walker, John Knowlton.
In the company of Capt. Roger Gilmore of Jaffrey :
Thomas Adams.
In the company of Capt. Silas Wright of Stoddard : Asa
Adams, Eli Adams, William Button, Henry Spaulding, Jotham
Hoar, Stephen Parker, John Harkness, Amos Prichard, Jonas
Wheeler, Samuel Haywood, Benjamin Safford, Josiah Davis,
Simeon Blanchard, Richard Wheeler, Jesse Walker, John
Sartwell, (probably Sawtell,) Simeon Hildrick, Josiah
Fletcher.
In the company of Capt. Alexander Robbe of Peter-
borough : William Scott, William Blair.
In the company of Capt. James Lewis of Marlborough :
Moses Tucker, Ezra Town, Oliver Wright.
These men in Col. Heald's detachment, like those under
Capt. Brown, served not more than fourteen days, and about
half of them only five days.
A company also marched on the same errand from Fitz-
william and towns adjacent, under the command of Capt.
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John Mellin, and on the roll of this company appear the names
of Moses Tucker, Oliver Wright, Samuel Soper, and Abel
Estabrooks. It is evident that the distinction between father
and son w^as neglected in respect to the name of Capt.
I Tucker ; but even that explanation is insufficient for the name
\ Oliver Wright, which not only appears in the rolls of Cap-
tains Lewis and Mellin, and as both ensign and private in the
latter company he was apparently promoted, but also on the
rolls of the companies of Capt. Christopher Webber and of
Lieut. Henry Adams, which also made brief expeditions to
relieve the endangered Ticonderoga. There can be little
doubt that the Oliver Wright in at least one of these com-
panies was of New Ipswich.
The threatening advance of Burgoyne after his successes
at Ticonderoga and Hubbardton left to the Americans no
escape from more strenuous endeavor than the recent move-
ments had proved to be, and on the tenth of July a company
of seventy-one men, of whom thirty-seven were from neigh-
boring towns, mostly from Peterboro or Temple, left New
Ipswich and joined the Northern army under General Gates
at Stillwater. The thirty-four men believed to be from, New
Ipswich were as enrolled below:
Stephen Parker, Capt. Richard Wheeler
Benjamin Williams, Ensign. Amos Wheeler
Archibald White, Sergt. William Upton
Whitcomb Powers, Corpl. Edmund Sawtel
Samuel Lewis, Corpl. Nehemiah Stratton
Samuel Lowell, Drummer. John Knight
Simeon Hildreth, Fifer. Francis Appleton
Allen Breed Jotham Hoar
Allen Breed, Jr. Samuel Wheeler
Samuel Walker Daniel Foster
Benjamin Safford Richard Stickney
Josiah Walton William Blair
David Rumrill Levi Spaulding
Zebediah Whittemore Henry Spaulding
Peter Fletcher Abel Dutton
Ephraim Stevens Silas Taylor
Jonathan Parker Eli Adams
This company's service extended through two months,
during which it had a part in the battle of Bennington, and
it was discharged on the twenty-sixth of September. A few
of the names are doubtful, and are claimed by other towns
having citizens bearing the same name.
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The former history of the town gives a brief account of
an attempt to divide the American force made by the British
at about this time, in the form of a false alarm concerning
a projected raid from the north for the purpose of chastising
the towns along the Connecticut river. The plan succeeded
in New Ipswich to the extent of starting a party of eleven
men northward to take a part in the needed defence, their
absence continuing about a month. No names are given ex-
cept that of their commander, William Clary; and no record
of its doings having come to light, it is necessarily left with-
out further mention.
At almost exactly the time of the discharge of Capt.
Parker's company another company of fifty-five men was
formed and marched from the town to join the army at Sara-
toga. All the commissioned officers were of New Ipswich,
as were the greater part of the other members, only about
twelve being from other towns. The roll, omitting the names
from other towns, is here given :
Edmund Briant, Capt. Ephraim Hildreth
Moses Tucker, Lieut. William Hewett
Isaac Clarke, Lieut. Amos Prichard
Simeon Gould, Serjt. Samuel Parker
John Brooks, Serjt. Nat Pratt
William Start, Serjt. Joel Russell
Joseph Tinney, Corpl. William Richards
Joseph Pollard, Corpl. Nat Stone
Thomas Brown, Corpl. Joseph Stickney
Nathaniel Swain, Drum. William Spear
Jonas Wilson, Fife Peter Shattuck
Francis Appleton David Sanders
Ephraim Adams John Scott
Phineas Adams Edmund Towne
Aaron Chamberlain James Tidder
Henry Carlton John Thomas
John Clarey Jonas Wheeler
Francis Fletcher Jesse Walker
Thomas Farnsworth Elijah Morse
William Farr Abel Miles
Robert Harkness Jonathan Wheelock
Stephen Hildreth
This company was discharged on October 25, but that
brief month of service included the time of the battle of Still-
water and the surrender of Burgoyne, and so to the people
of New Hampshire it ever seemed the "beginning of the end."
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And in truth the frequent calls for service of a few days
or a few weeks had ceased, and during the first half of the
year 1778 attention to necessarily neglected home duties could
be resumed. Still, as early as June, 1777, Governor Nicholas
Cooke of Rhode Island had applied to the legislature of New
Hampshire for aid against three thousand British troops from
whom an attack seemed imminent, and about three hundred
men were sent in response to the call. But no names recog-
nizable as being of New Ipswich men are found on the rolls
of those companies, and the officers whose places of residence
are recorded were from somewhat distant localities, from
which it may reasonably be concluded that New Ipswich had
no part in that expedition. Just before the close of the six
months which was the term of enlistment of that detach-
ment, another message from Governor Cooke was received
asking that troops might be sent to take their place, and
stating "that they would be in a deplorable condition without
continued military aid from New Hampshire." This request
was considered by the state authorities and on January 1,
1778, the House of Representatives voted to send the needed
assistance. But the enlistments seemed to be less prompt
than at the time of the previous call, and while the exact
time of the departure for Rhode Island is uncertain, an order
to the colonels of militia, passed on May 29, to draft three
hundred men for that service shows that there was probably
nearly six months interval between the call and its full an-
swer. This second levy of troops was discharged December
30, having served for different periods, but few longer than
six months. The three hundred men comprised six compa-
nies, one of which, commanded by Capt. Simon Marston of
Deerfield, bore upon its roll the following New Ipswich
names : Joseph Farrar, Timothy Farrar, Joseph Felt, Simeon
Gould, '"Samuel Morse, whose periods of service varied from
three to six months.
This regiment, apparently raised with great difficulty, al-
though the lists of recruits and of the bounties paid them
make it probable that the required men were secured without
resort to the draft, was yet insufficient to drive the British
forces from the state, and in August New Hampshire sent a
brigade to assist, containing five regiments and amounting
to a little over one thousand men, who served three or four
weeks. One of these regiments, containing only one hundred
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and twenty men, was commanded by Col. Enoch Hale of
Rindge, the major and adjutant being Joseph Parker and
Isaac Howe, both of New Ipswich. Each of its three compa-
nies contained men from the same town, the greater part of
them being in the company of Capt. Robert Fletcher of Tem-
ple, the roll of which is here given omitting names of men
believed to be from other towns.
Moses Tucker, Lieut. John Knight
Benjamin Williams, Ensign Joseph Pollard
Simeon Gold, Serjt. Maj. Nehemiah Stratton
John Brooks, Serjt. William Spear
Leonard Parker, Serjt. Thomas Spaulding
Whitcomb Powers, Corpl. Peter Fletcher
Jonathan Davis, Corpl. James Tidder
Francis Appleton John Thomas
Stephen Adams Jr. William Webber
Allen Breed Josiah Walton
Ebenr. Bullard Jonas Wheeler
Nathan Cutter Samuel Wheeler
Nathan Champney Abel Button
Henry Carlton Samuel Farnsworth
Benjamin Gibbs David Haw^s
William Hodgkins Daniel Kenney
Jona. Kenney
The second company, commanded by Capt. Samuel
Twitchell of Dublin, seems to have contained the following
New Ipswich men: Ephraini Adams, Benjamin Cutter, John
Knowlton, Daniel Morse, Ezra Morse, Isaac Proctor; and the
third company, commanded by Capt. James Lewis of Marl-
borough, had Moses Tucker, first sergeant, and Samuel
Adams, corporal.
Still the Rhode Island problem remained unsolved, and in
June, 1779, the regiments of militia were called upon to fur-
nish a third time three hundred men for the same duty. Of
this number. Col. Enoch Hale was directed to raise eighteen,
and if New Ipswich maintained the same ratio to the other
towns of the regiment that she had two years previously, the
town quota was necessarily three ; it is recorded that on July
5 that number of men were mustered into service for six
months to the credit of the town by Col. Thomas Heald, one
of them, however, coming from Temple, one from Westmore-
land, leaving only Isaac Taylor as a New Ipswich resident,
and he in other places is credited to Temple, unless there
were two soldiers bearing that name.
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A little later the following men were mustered in to aid
in filling the three New Hampshire Continental regiments, all
being credited to New Ipswich, although some of them may
have been so in the most technical sense only. The list was :
Jonathan Parker, James Whipple, Hezekiah Wetherbee, Heze-
kiah Sartwell (Sawtell probably), Asahel Powers.
No record is found of the New Ipswich men who joined
the expedition against the Indians near Seneca Lake, nor of
the thirty-one others who went under Capt. Joseph Parker
on the enduring Rhode Island concern, both mentioned in
the former history as among the activities of the year, and
therefore nothing can be added to the brief mention there
given.
The review of the events from 1775 to 1779 shows a change
analogous to that which the older men of the present recall
in the later years of the Civil War. The enthusiasm of the
first months had paled, and however firm the determination
yet remained, the expectation of marked victories to be
achieved during a few weeks' campaign had passed like the
dreams of childhood. The picturesque element in the strife
had disappeared, and the necessity of an equable distribution
of the burdens of the war in constantly increasing measure
controlled the methods employed for the maintenance of the
army in the field. Soldiers still were found to fill the quota
required of each regiment or town, and this without resort
to a draft; but the nominal volunteering became more and
more a business proceeding, a service in the field in response
to a bounty which greatly tended to equalize the burden. The
following statement by the editor of the Revolutionary Papers
before mentioned indicates the extent to which the commer-
cial element had of necessity become closely incorporated
with patriotic movements of that date. He writes :
"On the 16th day of June, 1780, the legislature passed an
act ordering six hundred men to be raised to recruit the three
regiments in the continental army from this state. The com-
mittee of safety was directed to give orders to the regimental
commanders to raise their several quotas. * * *
The men were to furnish their own clothing, knapsacks, and
blankets, and serve till the last day of December next follow-
ing, or be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars. They were
to be paid forty shillings per month 'in Money equal to In-
dian Corn at Four Shillings a Bushel, Grass-fed Beef at Three
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Pence per Pound, or Sole-Leather at Eighteen Pence a Pound.'
They were also to have five pounds each for clothing money,
two dollars in paper currency per mile for travel, and money
for rations until they could draw continental rations." In
response to this very definite proposal the six men required
of New Ipswich volunteered. They were John Goold, Allen
Kreed, Henry Carlton, Peter Bullard, Ebenezer Bullard, and
Samuel Walker. These men probably served in New Jersey.
Before the close of the month of June, the legislature
voted to raise 945 men for a term of three months, to reen-
force the army at West Point. Sixty-three of this number
were to be furnished by Col. Enoch Hale's regiment, from
which it would seem that the quota of New Ipswich was
either eleven or twelve. A careful examination of the rolls
of the sixteen companies composing the two regiments into
which this levy was divided fails to determine with full satis-
faction the names of the New Ipswich men there included.
But the following list is probably approximately correct.
In the company of Capt. Benjamin Spaulding: Daniel
Adams, Ensign, Isaac Preston, Sergt., Jeremiah Underwood,
Abel Button, John Breed, William Upton, Eli Upton, Asa
Pratt.
In the company of Capt. Jonas Kidder : Simeon Fletcher.
Jonathan Davis, Joseph Davis.
Some time during the year a sally of tories from Canada
into the state of Vermont, proceeding as far as Royalton,
awakened a spontaneous movement like those of the earlier
years, and sixty-five men, all or very nearly all of whom
were from New Ipswich, started on horseback to meet the
especially offensive attack. This force, under the command
of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Heald, was divided into two companies,
the rolls of which are given below. They were gone only
four days, during which the smaller company travelled forty-
five miles, for which they presented an account amounting
to £34 10s., and the larger thirty-five miles, with an account
of £90 2s. They were :
Edmund Bryant, Capt. Silas Davis
Isaac Clark, Lieut. John Gould
Benjamin Williams, Lieut. Joseph Stickney Jr.
Jeremiah Prichard Benjamin Adams Jr.
Thomas Brown John Adams
Josiah Walton Amos Baker
John Brown Jr. Samuel Speer
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William Speer Jr.
John Cutter
William Prichard
Jonathan Fletcher
Ephraim Adams Jr.
Elijah Davis
Joseph Parker, Capt.
Moses Tucker, Lieut.
James Chandler, Ens.
John Brooks, Sergt.
Leonard Parker
Allen Breed, Sergt.
William Faris
Ebenezer Knight
Enos Knight Jr.
Samuel Cummings
Ebenezer Fletcher
Thomas Spaulding
Timothy Fox
William Shattuck
Jonathan Twist
William Hodgkins
Levi Farr
Nathaniel Farr
Isaac Bartlett
Jotham Hoar
Josiah Brown
Thomas Kidder
Thomas Fletcher Jr.
William Clary-
Edmund Town
Ephraim Hildreth
Joseph Warren
Jesse Walker
Amos Boynton
Joel Baker
Stephen Pierce
Samuel Fletcher
Stephen Adams Jr.
John Pratt
Edward Pratt
Nathaniel Pratt
Isaac Farwell
Edmund Farwell
John Gowing
Robert Cambell
Thad Taylor
Reuben Taylor
Hezekiah Hodgkins
John Wheeler, Jr.
It may be noticed that two of the names on the Royalton
Alarm list, John Gould and Allen Breed, are also included
in the six names of men enlisting on the six-months call of
the year, and recorded as serving from July 2 to December 14.
Evidently therefore the Royalton event was earlier than
July. The records mention it as an occurrence of the year
1780 several times, but give no more definite date.
In February, 1781, the town was called upon to furnish
twelve more soldiers for the Continental army, and is credited
with the following recruits, eight of whom had before been
credited with from one to five terms of service.
Nehemiah Stratton
Phineas Adams
Samuel Walker
Peter BuUard
Amos Baker
John Adams
Stephen Adams
Jesse Walker
John Bullard
Joel Baker
Joseph Proctor
John Thomas
A few names more complete the roll of names found on
record of New Ipswich Revolutionary soldiers. The "Muster
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Roll of a Company of Men Commanded by Capt. Othniel
Thomas In Colo. Runnell's Regt. of New Hampshire Militie
(1781)" found in the Pension Bureau at Washington, D. C,
contains the following names of soldiers, two of whom are
said to "go for" the town of "Ipswitch," and four for "Ips-
wich :" Reuben Baldwin, James Turnar, John Goold, Paul
Sticknee, Ephraim Hildreth, John Gould, Jr.
In a New Hampshire record New Ipswich is credited with
Silas Whitney and Ezra Meriam, recruits of July 15, 1782.
From the Massachusetts Revolutionary Rolls preserved in
the State House at Boston the following names of New Ips-
wich men are taken. Col. William Prescott's regiment, Capt.
John Nutting's company, Samuel Cummings ; Capt. Joseph
Moor's company, John Sawtell ; Capt. Abijah Wyman's com-
pany, Samuel Kinney; Col. Jonathan Brewer's regiment, Capt.
Thomas Drury's company, Abraham Abbot. Seth Wheeler
was lieutenant in the company of Capt. John Parker of Litch-
field, in the regiment of Col. Timothy Bedel, with the North-
ern division of the army under Gen. Montgomery in 1775 ;
and captain under the same colonel on service in Canada
from December 15, 1777, to March 3, 1778.
It is believed that the foregoing is practically a complete
outline of the work of New Ipswich in the field during the
birth-struggle of the nation. In comparison with the broader
and more fierce contests required in later years that the nation
might continue to live, perchance in the thought of some this
earlier story is almost insignificant. In truth, that initial
strife presented very little of what is sometimes called the
"glory of war." In the provincial army gorgeous uniforms,
or in most cases any costumes that could receive such a name,
were conspicuous by their absence. The graphic description
of the departure of Capt. Stephen Parker's company for Still-
water in 1777, given in the former history of the town as
related by one who remembered the event, tells the thought-
ful reader so much of the home conditions of those days left
unwritten that it is repeated here.
"To a man, they wore small-clothes, coming down and
fastening just below the knee, and long stockings with cow-
hide shoes ornamented by large buckles, while not a pair of
boots graced the company. The coats and waistcoats were
loose and of huge dimensions, with colors as various as the
barks of oak, sumach, and other trees of our hills and swamps
could make them, and their shirts were all made of flax, and
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like every other part of the dress, were homespun. On their
heads was worn a large round-top and broad-brimmed hat.
Their arms were as various as their costume ; here an old
soldier carried a heavy Queen's arm, with which he had done
service at the conquest of Canada twenty years previous,
while by his side walked a stripling boy, with a Spanish
fusee not half its weight or calibre, which his grandfather
may have taken at the Havanna, while not a few had old
French pieces, that dated back to the reduction of Louisburg.
Instead of the cartridgebox, a large powderhorn was slung
under the arm, and occasionally a bayonet might be seen
bristling in the ranks. Some of the swords of the officers
had been made by our Province blacksmiths, perhaps from
some farming utensil ; they looked serviceable, but heavy and
uncouth. Such was the appearance of the Continentals to
whom a well-appointed army was soon to lay down their arms.
After a little exercising on the old Common, and performing
the then popular exploit of 'whipping the snake,' they briskly
filed ofif up the road, by the foot of the Kidder Mountain, and
through the SpafTord Gap, towards Peterboro, to the tune of
'Over the hills and far away.' "
Furthermore, it may be thankfully realized that the weap-
ons of the warfare of those days were such as gave compara-
tively slight occasion for scenes of such appalling glory as
are depicted in the panoramas of mutilation and death at
Gettysburg and other battles of the Civil War.
At the close of the Revolution the population of New
Ipswich was 1033, of which number only 206 were ratable
polls. But this small population sent into the field for a
longer or shorter time about 275 men, no small number of
whom, either by a single enlistment or several briefer ones,
served nearly or quite three years. As has been seen, the
collection of scattered records has necessitated a considerable
modification of the traditional number of New Ipswich sol-
diers, but these documents give very little aid in any attempt
to make more definite or complete the record of deaths and
injuries among the New Ipswich men that is given in the
former history. It is there stated that "but one or two were
killed in battle ; eight or ten were very severely wounded,
among whom were Josiah Walton, Ebenezer Fletcher, Jeremiah
Fletcher, and Jonas Adams ; and about twenty died of sick-
ness in the army, or soon after they were brought home, of
whom were John Adams, Simeon Hildreth, Daniel Hall,
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Samuel Campbell, Jonathan Wheat, Samuel Foster, Ephraim
Forster and Asa Perham." David Scott is recorded as having
lost his life at Bunker Hill, but although he was in the com-
pany of Capt. Ezra Town, there seems to be very little doubt
that he was of a Peterborough family and resident in that
town.
It is very evident that by far the most serious sufferings
which assailed, weakened, and often, despite the power of
patriotism and indomitable Anglo-Saxon energy, discouraged
the body of the soldiers so that the unconquerable leaders
knew not how to meet the apparently impending disaster,
were not those which are met where the excitement of the
contest gives courage and endurance, but those due to lack
of proper clothing, food, and shelter ; to weakness and disease
due largely to the inability to supply such necessities, but
sometimes, it would seem, in part to a lack of appreciation of
the greatness of the need by the provincial authorities. A
characteristic incident is related of a leading citizen of New
Ipswich which so well illustrates this difficulty that it is here
again told. Dea. Ephraim Adams, although in the second
half-century of life at the time of the first call to arms, did
not hesitate to take the field with his juniors, but in the later
years of the war was called to different duties by his fellow
townsmen, and it is said that "while representing the town in
the Provincial Congress, he attempted one day to call their
attention to procuring suitable clothing for the soldiers during
the then approaching winter, but without much success. On
the following day he rose in his place with much solemnity,
and read a resolution, in substance that it was the opinion of
that body, that the soldiers from their state should have zvool
grow on their hacks, to protect them from the cold during win-
ter. This drew the attention of the House immediately, and
a committee was chosen, of which he was the chairman, and
his wishes were promptly carried into effect." It was a year
or two previous to that incident, that a record still extant
tells of the discharge of twenty-one newly enlisted soldiers
because of their lack of clothes.
Still such incidents must not be considered without recog-
nition of the almost insuperable difficulties before the home
authorities at almost every point. Not the soldiers alone
suffered ; their absence from the work so strenuously demanded
in a new country of course demanded of their families exces-
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sive labor and the loss of absolutely needed comforts in very
many cases ; and still farther, the power of production was
so much lessened that the provincial governments often knew
not how to find the money imperatively demanded. Of course
money rapidly disappeared, and, as is always the case under
such conditions, the paper currency began to depreciate in
value, making necessary a constantly increasing issue, with
a resultant still more rapid depreciation, the lawful currency
falling from nearly its full face value at the beginning of
1777 to only one hundred and twentieth of that value at the
middle of 1781.
Supplies for the army were levied in kind, and in 1781
each town in the state was assessed a designated weight of
beef for the support of the army, of which assessment New
Ipswich was required to provide about one-eightieth part,
which was 17,164 pounds. Another necessity, according to
the ideas of that period, and especially for men working
severely or especially exposed, was a supply of rum, and of
this the town was called upon to find 122 gallons. Under
such conditions it is no cause for wonder to read in the New
Ipswich town record the record of action taken in January,
1782, when it was "Voted that the Selectmen shall procure
clothing for the former Continental Soldiers, if they can." As
the chairman of the selectmen that year, however, was Deacon
Adams before mentioned, it may probably be assumed with
safety that the selectmen could do it. The incident related
on a later page, in the Locke genealogy, illustrates the exer-
tions that were made to meet the necessities of the times.
Through this period of intense stress, when often the issue
of the strife must necessarily have seemed doubtful, if not
hopeless, to the Americans, New Ipswich kept steadily on,
supplying about one-eightieth of whatever men or money or
supplies were the part of New Hampshire. Evidently as the
expectations of early success, born while the untrained Pro-
vincials pursued the fleeing troops from Concord to refuge in
Boston, faded and it became recognized that the war could
not be carried on by a series of brief enlistments in response
to some special peril, the question of recruits took precedence
with a multitude of financial problems almost insoluble. At
first enlistments were abundant without the payment of
bounty or with a small one of perhaps £2, designed probably
to meet any little expenses due to the sudden change of life.
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But before the year 1776 had passed the state offered a bounty
of £20, although its value ere long was somewhat diminished
by its payment being deferred for four years during which it
was to draw interest at six per cent. But the necessity of
an increased inducement became evident, and many devices
were employed to enable the town to meet the requirements.
New Ipswich secured the twelve recruits sent in response to
the call in February, 1781, by dividing the town into twelve
classes, each of which was to furnish one soldier by such
means as might be found most expedient. The town records
contain receipts for bounties signed by most of the men pre-
viously named as sent on the call of April, 1777, and a few
others not found in that list, each of whom seems to have
received £20, although at that time the bounty for a three-
months man was apparently £30. The next year the names
are recorded of nineteen citizens headed by the pastor. Rev.
Stephen Farrar, who had subscribed the sum of £118 for
the purpose of hiring soldiers.
As the pressure became more stringent the bounty rose
to £40, £50, £60, £70, and probably if search were made
in the right place, still higher rates might be found.
The rate of pay promised to the soldiers, which at first
ranged from £12 per month for a captain to £2 for a private,
gradually rose, although only for privates and non-
commissioned officers at first, but the usual rate for privates,
although not entirely uniform, was apparently about £3 per
month in 1776, £4 in 1777, and £5 in 1778. But now the
pound which in lawful paper currency was at the beginning
of 1778 worth a little more than six silver shillings, sank so
rapidly that at the close of 1779 its purchasing value was
little more than ten pence, so that the rise of pay in some
regiments even as high as £12 per month really relieved the
severity of the soldier's condition very slightly. Evidently
this could not continue without absolute ruin, and payrolls
of the next year show an effort to remedy the injustice, the
sum due to each soldier being multiplied in one case by 67,
and the product placed to his credit. And very soon rolls
were made out known as "depreciation rolls" in which the
attempt was made to transfer the loss from the soldier to
the authority which had promised to pay him a certain sum.
But the immense amounts resulting from this process in
many cases could not be found ; the "times were hard" to an
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extent never seen by the people of New Ipswich at any earlier
or later date. In many cases the government was unable to
supply rations, as is shown by records now on file in which
against each soldier's name is placed not merely his wages,
earned and promised, but remaining unpaid, but also the num-
ber of rations, often larger than the number received, for
each of which he was to receive the sum of eight pence.
A consideration of these facts may perhaps lead to the con-
clusion that even though the risk of sudden death or cruel
mutilation was less in wars of the eighteenth century than
in those that have followed, it does not follow that the men
of those days were less worthy of respect for their bravery
in war. They fought and conquered against fearful odds, and
as has been said earlier, their courage was maintained under
conditions in which they had little support from the excite-
ment of personal combat. Of course it could not be expected
that New Ipswich in a period of revolt against constituted
authorities as audacious as the American purpose appeared
to be, should have had no citizens who hesitated, or perhaps
refused to enter into or approve the movement. Nor is it at
all at variance with the lesson taught by all such uprisings
that some of the most influential and prominent citizens
should have been in this conservative class, which has been
designated by the offensive term "tories." It is now generally
recognized that even though the sturdy resistance to the pur-
poses and efforts of men like Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall"
Jackson was a national duty, and the overthrow of their forces
an ethical, as well as political necessity, none the less they
were moved by a sense of duty ; and it should also be recog-
nized that the more or less positive "tories" of New Ipswich
were not necessarily bad men, even though they must be
considered to have been at that time bad citizens. Probably
they believed the Revolutionary movement, a defiance of a
nation believed to be the strongest of the world, by a handful
of scattered colonists, to be utterly hopeless and certain to
make any conditions which furnished ground for complaint
much worse.
Further, some of them held offices, and had long felt the
support of the enacted laws against popular feeling to be their
duty, and the natural result followed. Fortunately, however,
this conservative element among the leading citizens of the
town did not hold the "tory" principles so aggressively that
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very serious results ensued, although temporarily the names
of Barrett, Champney, and Kidder were not held with what
seems to the present time the excessive respect, almost rever-
ence, that those days accorded to the leading families.
But the town records show that on May 22, 1775, the po-
sition of the head of one of these families was considered, and
it was "Voted that Charles Barret be not confined also that
his plans and Principles are Notwithstanding Erroneous." It
is not entirely easy to determine the relation between this
action and the fact that the name Charles Barrett is on the
roll of the men who had marched only a month before in
response to the Concord alarm, although he is credited on
that roll with only one day's service, a shorter period than that
of any other of the ninety-seven names on the roll. Possibly
his speedy return was a potent cause of the town's attention
to his case. But whatever stress may have come in those
days upon the bonds of town fellowship, they were not broken,
and he is found, no later than in 1787, to have been con-
sidered a sufficiently loyal American to represent the town
in the legislature, which position he held continuously during
seven years and also by two isolated elections afterward.
Judge Ebenezer Champney is said by his biographer in the
former town history to have been "a moderate tory, and dep-
recating a resort to arms, believed that with wise and pru-
dent counsels all causes of disaffection might be satisfactorily
adjusted. He wished to preserve his loyalty and the peace
of the country; but like many others who forebore to take
part in the contest, he lived to acknowledge the beneficent
effects of that struggle which gave us our liberties and free
institutions."
There were several potent conditions tending to hold Col.
Reuben Kidder from joining the provincial cause. His mili-
tary position, his commission as "His Majesty's Justice of the
Peace," and his large estates, all of course acted against any
bias of his judgment in that direction. He is said to have
"always expressed his opinions freely as averse to the war,
and therefore must have been extremely unpopular, still the
respectability of his character seems to have preserved him
from any of the annoyances which many of the loyalists of
that day had to encounter." Tradition, however, gives one
incident which forms a slight exception to what was doubt-
less the general truth of the last statement. It is told how
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a soldier returning home from his term of service stopped
over night at the Colonel's inn, and relating his experiences
to an admiring group, referred to General Washington in
terms which chanced to be especially offensive to his host,
who responded with a very emphatic execration upon the
leader of the rebels, and received a reply in the form of a
clenched fist. The Colonel was said to have arisen from his
hearthstone and maintained a discreet silence.
It cannot be doubted, however, that less prominent loyal-
ists were more emphatically admonished of the error of their
ways than those who had long been recognized as able and
worthy leaders of the town, but with later years their stories
have passed into oblivion. The former town history pre-
serves the record of one case which was probably especially
obnoxious to the town. It chanced that a deserter from the
British forces was captured in New Ipswich, and before being
returned to Boston was confined for a short time at the tavern
of Jonathan Dix, then standing on the site now held by the
house occupied for more than forty years by Rev. Samuel
Lee. The popular disapproval of the tavern-keeper's part in
that incident was expressed, not only by hanging him in
eftigy, but also by other methods of annoyance, some of which
probably would hardly bear relation in detail, so annoying
that he soon left the town and the country; and his property
in due time was confiscated to the state.
The former history names one member of Capt. Towne's
company whose fears amid the shot which greeted them be-
fore their ascent of Bunker Hill were sufficient to overcome
not only whatever patriotism may have prompted his enlist-
ment, but also the personal pride which had been manifested
by abundant boasts before reaching the line of danger, and
on the plea of sickness he sought release from duty, and also
some one to accompany him. The first part of his request
was granted, but the courage to go alone was supplied by
Capt. Towne's threat that "if he did not instantly scamper
he would run him through," and the induced activity was
sufficient to give rise to the tradition that he never stopped
running till he reached home. If this was really the case, his
rapid departure from the region of peril must have been of
considerably greater length than the fifty miles intervening
between Charlestown and New Ipswich, as the company roll
gives Washington as the home of Peter Lowell, and thus no
stigma rests upon New Ipswich.
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The former history also names one soldier who traitor-
ously deserted from his company, went over to the British,
and was included in the proscribing- act of 1778, with the
penalty of death if he returned. The latter part of this story
of course must have rested upon the record, but, as the name
of Daniel Farnsworth does not appear on any of the 3500
pages of company rolls and other Revolutionary documents,
supposed to include all that have been found, the question
unavoidably arises whether he really broke the soldier's
pledged faith, or was only one of the tories who by some act
more offensive than that of most of his fellow loyalists brought
his name, like that of Jonathan Dix, upon the roll of proscrip-
tion.
There is much of interest that might be drawn from the
town records suggesting the caution and discretion with which
the questions arising amid the difficulties which were ever
demanding resolute decisions were considered. Conclusions
were sometimes reached which now seem to have been errone-
ous, but the marvel of the record is that, walking in a path
so nearly untrodden, the leaders of the town should have
decided so wisely as the result proves that they did.
The device adopted by the colonies at the time when it
was sought to deprive them of such measure of self-
government as they had previously been granted was the or-
ganization of the town and state "Committees of Correspon-
dence," called sometimes by other names but practically the
same in effect, with powers so undefined as to be capable of
almost instantaneous abridgement or expansion, as the con-
dition required. This has been regarded with wonder and
admiration by students of history because of its general es-
cape from the errors of action the probabilities of which nec-
essarily inhere in such form of control, and especially at the
successful and peaceful passage from this temporary and un-
lawful expedient to a formal government fitted to endure.
Those things could not have been but for the wonderfully
balanced powers of perception and of judgment developed by
the severe but most instructive experience of the Pilgrim and
the Puritan settlers whose children guided the early steps of
the colonies. The consideration of the story of the part borne
by New Ipswich in this struggle which marked an epoch in
the world's history must not close without naming the men of
the town who did the work of these committees within its
bounds, as written in the town records.
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March 13, 1775. "Chose as Committee of Correspondence
and inspection Ephraim Adams, Joseph Bates, Josiah Brown,
Isaac How, John Breed, William Shattuck, Eleazer Cum-
mings, Edmond Briant, Benj. Knowlton."
May 29, 1775. "Nathaniel Stone was substituted in place
of Josiah Brown and the Committee was made a Committee
of Safety."
Oct. 27, 1775. "Chose a new Committee of Inspection,
Safety and Correspondence. Chose Ephraim Adams, Paul
Prichard, Peter Fletcher, Samuel Whittemore, Joseph Bates."
Mar. 11, 1776. "Chose as Committee of Inspection, Safety
and Correspondence, — Josiah Brown, James Chandler, Benja-
min Gibbs, Thomas Brown, Josiah Walton."
July 8, 1776. "Samuel Bartlett was substituted in place
of Thomas Brown."
Mar. 10, 1777. "Chose as new Committee of Inspection
Safety and Correspondence, — Thomas Heald, Nathaniel
Stone, Benjamin Hoar, Isaac Appleton, Ephraim Adams."
Mar. 9, 1778. "Chose as Committee of Safety, — Samuel
Whittemore, Francis Fletcher, Josiah Brown, Paul Prichard,
Benjamin Williams."
Mar. 8, 1779. "Chose as Committee of Safety, — Jonathan
Davis, Benjamin Adams, Thomas Heald, Josiah Walton,
Thomas Brown."
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CHAPTER VI
THE CIVIL WAR— 1861-65
I ^HE patriotic spirit which had been shown so abundantly
-*- in the Revolutionary War, and continued through the War
of 1812, became strongly tinged with opposition to slavery.
This intense feeling was evinced by the long dispute through-
out the country which culminated in the Missouri Compro-
mise. New Ipswich was ever at the front in all that had to
do with liberty of act or thought or person. Later in the
earlier half of the nineteenth century this feeling was shown,
though in a less obtrusive way, by Anti-Slavery and Aboli-
tion societies. Thus it was ready to be aroused to new life
by the outbreaking of the Civil War in April, 1861. Public
spirit was at white heat.
A special town meeting was called May 1, 1861, "to see
if the town will vote to appropriate such sum or sums of
money as will be necessary to arm and equip such persons as
enlist from the town of New Ipswich for the defence of our
country in the present crisis." At this meeting no definite
action was taken, but another meeting was called to meet
on May 21, with a broader outlook. Three articles with
very practical points were offered :
"To see if the Town will raise money or authorize the
selectmen to borrow money to arm and equip a voluntary
company, and to provide uniforms for the same."
"To see if the Town will take measures to provide for
the families of such persons as may be called into actual
service."
"To adopt any other measures which may be deemed
proper to aid in quelling Rebellion, arresting traitors, if un-
fortunately any should be found in our vicinity, and provide
such sums of money as may be necessary to accomplish the
object."
At the meeting three resolutions were adopted :
"Resolved, that a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars be raised
by the town for the purchase of materials for a uniform for the Military
Company now formed in town and that the selectmen be instructed to
assess the same upon the polls and taxable estate in the town. The
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cost of each uniform to the town not to exceed the sum of ten dollars,
and the property in the uniforms to be vested in the town, said uniforms
to be loaned by the town to the company, as long as they shall be or-
ganized and shall perform military duty."
"Resolved that the selectmen be instructed to render aid to the families
of such residents of this town that have enlisted in this state or any
other, or that may enlist for the term of three years, or the war, and
be actually called into service by the Authority of this State as may
from time to time be necessary, and that a sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars be raised for that purpose to be assessed upon the
polls and taxable estates, whenever such sum or any part of it may
become necessary."
"Resolved that a Committee of five be appointed, whose duty it
shall be rigorously to prosecute any person or persons who may be
deemed by them guilty of Treason to our Country in this hour of peril,
and that the sum of one hundred dollars be appropriated to pay necessary
expenses. No part of said sum however to be received by said Com-
mittee for their own services, and all bills to be approved by the
selectmen."
The committee appointed by the moderator, Hosea Eaton,
and accepted by vote of the town, was John Preston, Nathan
Sanders, William Prichard, James Chandler, John U. Davis.
Another town meeting on October 31 was called "To see
if the town will vote to raise money to aid the families of
volunteers agreeable to Chapter 248 of the Pamphlet Laws
passed June session 1861 or anything relating thereto."
At this meeting "The following resolution offered by John
Preston Esquire was passed unanimously. Resolved that the
selectmen be authorized to borrow on the credit of the town
from time to time such sums as may be necessary to pay
to the full extent authorized by law the families of soldiers,
and that in so doing they give the most liberal construction
of the law in deciding upon those entitled to relief."
No war action was taken at the annual meeting of 1862,
but on August 12 the town was called upon to say "what
the town will do in relation to paying a bounty to volunteers
should any hereafter be called for to fill up the quota from
this town for the present war," and it was voted "That a
bounty of one hundred dollars be paid by the town to every
volunteer who shall be accepted and mustered into the service
of the United States for the term of three years or during
the war under the recent call of the President for three hun-
dred thousand volunteers, and also that a bounty of fifty
dollars be paid by the town for each of so many volunteers
as may be necessary to supply the quota of men required
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for service for the term of nine months, and that the select-
men be authorized to borrow so much money on the credit
of the town as may be necessary to pay all such persons
who may be accepted and mustered into the service of the
United States, under the said requisition of the President, and
also that the families of those who volunteer for the nine
months shall have the same aid allowed to them by the town
as is now allowed to the three years men."
Again in 1863 the annual town meeting- took no action in
reference to the war, but on August 31 three articles were
presented for the consideration of a special meeting.
"To see if the town will vote to pay to every man belonging
to New Ipswich who may be drafted under the law of the
United States and may be mustered into the service of the
United States or to any Substitute of any man so drafted the
sum of three hundred dollars in ten days after such drafted
soldier or his substitute shall be mustered into such service,
and also furnish aid to the families of drafted men or sub-
stitutes."
"To raise money by a loan or otherwise to pay such sums
as may be required to carry into efifect the provisions of the
above article and to raise any committee or committees nec-
essary."
"To see if the town will vote to pay a bounty of one hun-
dred dollars to all volunteers from New Ipswich who are
now in the service of the United States who have not received
a town bounty, and likewise to the heirs of those who have
died in the service."
To the first question the town replied by the following
resolution offered by John Preston, Esq.
"Resolved that the town will pay to every soldier who may
be drafted, accepted and actually mustered into the service
of the United States under the recent conscription law of
Congress the sum of three hundred dollars in ten days after
said drafted soldiers shall have been mustered into said ser-
vice, and also that the town will pay for a substitute for any
such man so drafted a sum not exceeding three hundred dol-
lars to be paid when such substitute shall have been accepted
and been mustered into said service ten days."
To meet the second one it was "voted that the selectmen
be a committee to borrow on the credit of the town so much
money as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
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the above act, and that they be the disbursing committee."
The remaining article was indefinitely postponed.
November 25, 1863, the problem had taken the form pre-
sented in the warrant for another meeting: "To see if the
town will raise money by loan or otherwise to pay a bounty
for a sufficient number of volunteers to meet the requisition
upon the town under the recent call of the president of the
United States for three hundred thousand volunteers or to
take any miCasure to raise a sufficient number of men to
avoid the necessity of a draft on the fifth of January next."
It was "resolved that the town treasurer be authorized to
borrow on the credit of the town the sum of seven thousand
two hundred dollars to pay as a bounty for eighteen volun-
teers, the number of men required of the town, and that the
treasurer be further authorized to take the transfer of the
said volunteers of the bounty from the State and the United
States and to collect said bounties and make payment of the
same as far as may be to liquidate said town."
This action was taken on the motion of Esquire Preston,
as was also a vote of thanks to "Hon. Hosea Eaton for his
prompt action in procuring volunteers to the number re-
quired of the town."
At the annual meeting in March, 1864, it was "voted to
pay the sum of three hundred dollars to all veteran volun-
teers that have or may reenlist."
On August 4 the town met the question of filling its
"quota for five thousand soldiers called for by the United
States 18th of July 1864" with a vote "that the selectmen
be authorized to fill the quota of the town for the present
call for troops, and also be authorized to borrow on the credit
of the town such sums of money, not exceeding fifteen thou-
sand dollars, as may be necessary for that purpose."
The condition at the time of the presidential election in
the following November and the frame of mind at that time
is lecalled by an article in the warrant for that meeting: "To
see if the town will continue to pay a bounty in anticipation
of a call that may be made by the President of the United
States for soldiers," and still more plainly by the answer of
the town when it "voted that the selectmen be authorized
to pay bounty for soldiers, the amount of money to be paid
to be left to their discretion."
The whole amount expended by the town as given in the
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"Report of the Commissioners upon the War Expenditures
of the towns and cities in the State of New Hampshire" was
$13,150.
Selectmen, 1861-65: 1861-62, George W. Wheeler 2d,
George Whiting, Sewell O. Chandler ; 1863, John U. Davis ;
George C. Campbell, Charles B. Preston; 1864, John U. Davis,
George C. Campbell, Emerson Howe ; 1865, Emerson Howe,
Reuben Taylor, Horace Wheeler.
Within a few days after the first call for troops a squad
of men were drilled on the common near the church twice a
week by Capt. Jonas Nutting of the state militia. Capt.
Nutting, himself past middle life, was one of the first to
enlist and was soon followed by four of his sons. In Novem-
ber the New Ipswich men were mustered in at Keene. De-
cember 25, the Sixth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers,
for which New Ipswich furnished twenty-three men, was
ordered to Washington and began the soldier's life, which
was to continue for three years.
"The Regiment during its term of service in seventeen
different states was in 21 engagements, meeting all the re-
quisitions of duty however onerous or perilous with cheerful
and ready efficiency. While it is not asserted that the Sixth
was the best regiment sent out from New Hampshire the
claim may be made, and can be maintained, that it was equal
to the best. Its record has added a brilliant chapter to the
history of New Hampshire's always glorious achievements
in war." (Revised Register of the Soldiers and Sailors of Nezv
Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-66. A. D. Ayling,
Adjutant General.)
New Ipswich was also specially interested in the Thirteenth
Regiment, as nineteen of her men were in the ranks, having
been enrolled in October, 1861. The regiment was in "more
than twenty engagements, beside days and days of skirmish-
It had the proud distinction of being the first Union regi-
ment and its flags the first flags of the Union army to enter
Richmond on its occupation April 3, 1865. "At once the
Brigade was engaged in restoring order, putting out fires and
gathering into Libby prison more than two thousand soldiers
of Lee's army." Later in May it had the honor to receive
Gen. Sherman's army as it passed through Richmond. "Its
character for efficiency, patriotism, intelligence, bravery, and
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trustworthiness made it surely one of the nation's most prom-
inent historic Regiments." (Ayling.)
Meantime the women of New Ipswich were bravely doing
their part. A Soldier's Aid Society was organized in October,
1861, and carried on its work with vigor and enthusiasm. To
the army in the field were sent woolen garments, stockings,
"comfort bags" — more than five hundred — and in large
amount dried apples and other fruits. To the hospitals were
sent pillows, dressing-gowns, lint, bandages, cordials, and all
that could be found in a New England home for the comfort
of an invalid. To all were sent newspapers and writing ma-
terials. If sometimes a letter was added to a package the
recipient thought himself specially fortunate. House mothers
gave until only enough was left of their treasured supplies to
meet the needs of their own households. It must be remem-
bered that supplies of all kinds were held at fabulous prices ;
that stockings and nearly all garments were made by hand,
bandages rolled, and lint scraped in the same way; but the
hearts of the workers were warm and for four years they lived
at high pressure.
At length, after four years of strife and sufferings in camp
and on the field, four years of wearisome suspense and fear in
the homes of all the land, the struggle was ended. Lee had
surrendered, and there was jubilant rejoicing in this quiet, lit-
tle village ; ringing of bells, firing of cannon, illuminations, con-
gratulations of all who met in the street. The day was given
up to varied expression of joy. That was Monday, April 10;
Saturday, April 15, President Lincoln died and joy was changed
to bitter sorrow. On the Sabbath the church was draped with
black. Mr. Cutler, the young pastor, in the church service
voiced the griefs of all hearts.
After the close of the war the wants of the Freedmen — so
helpless in their sudden release from the care as well as the
bondage of their masters — appealed the more to the people of
the North, since the conquered South was unable to care for
them, and for years relief was given until help could be ren-
dered by organized charities. By the payment of $200 a year
New Ipswich for three years supported a teacher for the
Freedmen.
Prices During the Civil War. — From an expense book,
1862-65, we quote these prices, most of them in the hand-
writing of William W. Johnson: Meal (bag), $3.90; sugar
(pound), 30 cents; molasses (gallon), $1,C)0; kerosene oil
112
1,
'IBH^:
Thk Soldiers' Monument
The Union League
(gallon), $1.10; nutmeg-s (pound), $2.00; butter (pound), 50
cents; cotton cloth, unbleached (yard), $1.00; gold, $2,855/2.
In Boston flour by the carload was sold per barrel $25.00.
During the Civil War there were in the Northern States
many sympathizers with the South who used all their power
and influence to have the Confederacy recognized by foreign
powers. To counteract the efifect of this party the Union
League was organized. It included patriotic men who for age
or any other reason were unable to go to the front, but who
by every means in their power bravely upheld the cause of
Liberty here in the North. A branch of the league was or-
ganized in New Ipswich. Its work, though necessarily quiet,
was effective and a power in the region. Prof. E. T. Quimby
was the president of the local league and Prof. C. H. Chandler
held some office, probably that of secretary. No records can
be found which give any clue to the number of members.
In 1878 a soldiers' monument was erected on the Village
Green at the foot of the Academy campus. Its height is
twenty-two feet and six inches — a simple granite shaft above
a base standing four-square, bearing this inscription on the
north side :
NEW IPSWICH
TO THE
MEMORY OF
HER BRAVE SONS
WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR THEIR
COUNTRY DURING
THE WAR OF
THE REBELLION
ERECTED 1878
The following names are inscribed on the other sides of
the base.
William L. Weston Allen A. Nutting
John Pike John F. Knowlton
Abner p. Cragin John K. Walker
Warren P. Locke Josiah P. Wheeler
Walter Ray Warren C. Nicholas
Patrick Ready Andrew L. Swallow
John P. Shattuck William A. Mansur
Francis Nutting Albert H. Davis
George H. Nutting Edward E. Davis
Charles L. Nutting
113
History of New Ipswich
NEW IPSWICH SOLDIERS IN
Namb
Appleton, Eugene F.
Avery, James E. . .
Baxter, Albert F. .
Blanchard, Edwin F. .
Blanchard, Thomas W
Blood, Luther . . .
Bolton, Charles L. .
Boodry, Augustine W
Bucknam, John B.
Carr, Edward J. .
Chamberlin, Charles
Chandler, James O.
Cragin, Abner P. .
Davis, Edward E.
Davis, Albert H. . . .
Donley, Michael P. . .
Eddy, John
Edwards, George F. .
Fisher, Albert G. . .
Fletcher, Benjamin M.
Fowler, Archibald C. .
Fowler, John H. . . .
Freeman, Sherwood A.
Frissel, William B. . .
Fuller, Andrew C. . .
Garland, James . . .
Goulding, Charles H. .
Greenleaf, Paul . . .
BOEN
Dublin, N. H. . .
Peterboro . . .
Central Falls, R. I.
New Ipswich . .
Westmoreland
Groton, Mass .
Paisley, Scot. .
Pawtucket, R. I.
New Ipswich .
New Ipswich .
Newbury . .
Pittsfield . . .
Temple
Ashby, Mass.
Trim, Ireland
Northboro .
New Ipswich
Francestown
Albany . .
Madrid, N. Y.
Thetford, Vt.
Westminster
Ellsworth, Me.
Millbury, Mass.
Pittsfield . . .
Agb
24
23
18
19
18
26
23
18
20
19
33
24
23
24
24
38
18
23
35
19
41
23
36
29
31
24
24
Rbsidencb
New Ipswich
Enlisted
Aug. 15, 1862
Aug. 14, 1862
May 15, 1861
Aug. 26, 1864
Aug. 20, 1862
Aug. 16, 1862
July 2, 1861
Aug. 9, 1862
Aug. 8, 1862
Aug. 16, 1862
July 25, 1862
May 22, 1861
Aug. 12, 1862
July, 1863
Oct. 22. 1861
Aug. 7, 1861
Sept. 24, 1861
Nov. 18, 1861
Oct. 2, 1861
Aug. 15, 1862
Sept. 29, 1862
Sept. 29, 1862
Aug. 20, 1862
Nov. 14, 1861
Aug. 9. 1862
Oct. 19, 1861
May 24, 1861
Oct. 17, 1861
114
New Ipswich Soldiers
THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Rbgt.
Co.
13 N. H. Inf., G
13 N. H. Inf., G
2 N. H. Inf., G
4 Mass. H. Art. H
13 N. H. Inf., G
13 N. H. Inf., G
17 Mass. Inf. H
13 N. H. Inf., G
9 N. H. Inf., I
13 N. H. Inf., I
9 N. H. Inf., D
2 N. H. Inf., I
13 N. H. Inf., G
1 Minn. Inf., F
6 N. H. Inf., K
3 N. H. Inf., E
4 N. H. Inf.
3 Mass. Cav., M
2 U. S. Sh. Shooters
13 N. H. Inf., G
47 Mass. Inf., F
47 Mass. Inf., F
13 N. H. Inf., G
6 N. H. Inf., K
13 N. H. Inf., G
6 N. H. Inf., K
2 N. H. Inf., G
6 N. H. Inf., K
Remarks.
Discharged disabled May 5,
1863.
Discharged disabled Feb. 28,
1863.
Wounded and missing at Get-
tysburg July 2, 1863.
Wound, sev. at Fort Harrison,
Va., Sept. 29, 1864.
Wound. Mar. 8, 1865. Disc,
for wounds Dec. 22, 1865.
Wound, sev. at Cold Harbor,
Va., June 7, 1864.
Died of disease, Falmouth, Va.
Discharged disabled May 28,
1863.
Discharged disabled" May 26,
1863.
Died at Fortress Monroe of
wounds neglected while in
prison.
Killed at Fredericksburg, Va.
Capt. Co. E, Apr. 6, 1865 . .
Enlisted as Musician ....
Discharged disabled June, 1862.
Discharged disabled June 6,
1863.
Died
Mar. 11, 1874
Dec. 7, 1862
Rank When
Discharged
Corporal
Corporal
Afterwards served Co. C, 1 H.
Art.
Discharged Nov. 28, 1864. .
Discharged disabled Jan. 23,
1863.
Discharged disabled Aug. 8,
1861.
Discharged disabled Oct. 4,
1862.
Dec. 13, 1862
May 31, 1910,
at Tilton
Aug. 11, 1866
Sept. 11, 1871
Captain
Captain
1st Lieut.
1st Sergt.
115
History of New Ipswich
NEW IPSWICH SOLDIERS IN
Name
Hickoch, Thomas J. .
Hubbard, John . . .
Hull, Charles H. . . .
Isaacs, Charles E. . .
Judkins, Samuel E. . .
Knowlton, John F. . .
Knowlton, William R. .
LeRoy, David . . . .
Locke, Warren P. . .
Mansfield, Jonathan N.
Mansur, WiUiam E. . .
Marvin, James H. . .
McConnell, Jonathan .
McDonald, Michael . .
Nicholas, Warren C. .
Nutting, Charles P. . .
Nutting, Charles S. . .
Nutting, George H. . .
Nutting, George P. . •
Nutting, James Francis
Nutting, John C. . • •
Nutting, Jonas . ■ •
Nutting, Allien A. . .
Oliver, Lucius C. . .
Peavy, Wallace .
Pike, John . . .
Potter, George F.
Pratt, Charles H.
Pratt, Daniel F. .
Proctor, Amos J. .
Born
Cambridgeport, Mass.
Mason
Lowell, Mass. . . .
Plymouth, Mich. . .
New Ipswich . . .
New Ipswich . . .
Westboro, Mass. . .
New York City . .
Fitchburg
Temple . .
Williston, Vt.
Paisley Scot.
Lowell, Mass.
New Ipswich
New Ipswich
New Ipswich
New Ipswich . .
Ashburnham, Mass
New Ipswich . .
Ashburnham, Mass.
Westford, Mass .
New Ipswich . .
New Ipswich . .
Peterboro . . .
Haverhill, Mass. .
New Ipswich . .
Marlboro . . .
Marlboro . . .
Stoddard . . .
Age
20
20
27
18
22
19
41
34
22
43
51
28
38
20
28
24
23
25
25
18
28
56
18
22
19
45
26
24
22
31
Residencb
E
NLISTED
June
13,
1861
June
14,
1861
Oct.
15,
1861
Feb.
16,
1865
July
19,
1861
Aug.
18,
1862
Aug.
15,
1861
Oct.
31,
1861
Nov.
7.
1861
Oct.
27,
1861
Oct.
15,
1861
Nov.
23,
1861
Aug.
12,
1862
Nov.
21.
1861
Aug.
13,
1862
Aug.
29,
1861
Oct.
29,
1861
Aug.
15,
1862
Aug.
20,
1861
Oct.
15,
1861
Sept.
14,
1861
Nov.
30.
1861
|May
25,
1861
Aug.
9,
1862
Mar.
14.
1864
Oct.
28,
1861
July
14,
1863
Aug.
14,
1862
Aug.
16,
1862
Aug.
14,
1862
116
New Ipswich Soldiers
THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Regt. Co.
Remarks
Died
Rank When
Discharged
11 Mass. Inf., K
Missing at Bull Run Aug. 29,
1861.
10 Mass. Inf., K
Appt. Captain Jan. 13, 1863. .
6 N. H. Inf., K
Discharged disabled Jan. 13,
1863.
Totally blind from spotted
fever.
2d Lieut.
6 N. H. Inf., K
Discharged Apr. 1, 1863. . .
13 N. H. Inf., G
Died Newport News. . . .
Mar. 4, 1863
24 N. H. Inf., E
6 N. H. Inf., K
Musician, discharged disabled
Jan. 21, 1863.
32 Mass. Inf., B
Killed at Bethesda Church, Va.
June 3, 1864
6 N. H. Inf., K
Killed at Petersburg, Va. .
July 7, 1864
6 N. H. Inf., K
Died from wounds
Sept. 25, 1862
6 N. H. Inf., K
Discharged June 29, 1865. . .
13 N. H. Inf., G
3 Mass. Cav., M
Discharged June 6, 1865. . .
1st Lieut.
13 N. H. Inf., G
Killed at Cold Harbor, Va. .
June 1, 1864
4 N. H. Inf., C
Discharged Sept. 27, 1864. .
6 N. H. Inf., K
Died of disease, Roanoke Is-
land, N. C.
Mar. 29, 1862
13 N. H. Inf., G
Died of wounds, Washington,
D. C.
July 4, 1864
3 N. H. Inf., E
Appt. 1st Sergeant Oct. 11,
1862. Disch. dis. Mar. 11,
1863.
Mar. 20, 1874
6 N. H. Inf., K
Died of disease, Annapolis,
Md.
Jan. IS, 1862
4 N. H. Inf., I
Appt. Sergeant.
6 N. H. Inf., K
Discharged May 15, 1862. .
June 20, 1873
1st Lieut.
2 Mass. Inf., D
Appt. Sergeant. Killed. , .
June 9, 1863
13 N. H. Inf., G
First Lieut. Co. I, Mar. 1,
1865. Mustered out June 1,
1865.
1 N. H. Cav. M
Wounded Nov. 12, 1864.
Mustered out July 15, 1865.
6 N. H. Inf., K
Died of disease, Winchester,
Ky.
Apr. 12, 1863
Musician
16 Mass. Inf., H
Wounded June 18, 1864. . .
13 N. H. Inf., G
Discharged Sept. 18, 1865. .
13 N. H. Inf., G
Discharged disabled Jan. 28,
1863.
Sergeant
13 N. H. Inf., G
Discharged disabled May 28,
1863.
117
History of New Ipswicli
NEW IPSWICH SOLDIERS IN
Namb
Ray, Walter . . .
Reddy, Patrick . . .
Robinson, Charles 1st
Saunders, Edward A.
Shattuck, George W.
Shattuck, John B. .
Sheldon, Charles B. .
Simons, Willard . .
Simpson, James . .
Smith, Augustus . .
Smith, George 3rd .
Smith, Gideon H. .
Spear, Joseph A. . .
Stratton, Charles H.
Stratton, James S. .
Swallow, Andrew S.
Tebbits, George B. .
Thayer, Edward A. .
Walker, John K. . .
Walton, Charles . .
Weston, William L.
Wheeler, Josiah P. .
Whitney, John H.
Wilson, George W.
Wilson, William H.
Wright, Albert F.
Wright, Charles A.
Wright, Edward .
Weston, Frank
Born
Manchester, Eng.
Ireland
Mason
Westburne, N. Y.
New Ipswich . .
Temple . . . .
Groton, Mass. .
New York City
Underbill, Vt. .
England
Central Falls, R. I.
New Ipswich . .
New Ipswich . .
New Ipswich .
Dunstable, Mass.
New Ipswich .
New Ipswich .
New Ipswich .
Rindge . . .
Westminster, Mass.
Dudley, Conn.
New Ipswich
New Ipswich
Mason . .
Mason . . .
Westford, Mass.
Nashua, N. H.
Age
18
36
45
18
18
26
30
25
30
22
27
21
25
15
19
37
20
18
25
45
18
28
23
18
21
19
19
38
Rbsidbncb
New Ipswich
Enlistbd
Dec. 7, 1861
Nov. 12,
July 31,
1861
1861
Nov. 12, 1861
Oct. 21,
Sept. 5,
Dec. 3,
Oct. 15,
Nov. 12,
Dec. 23,
1861
1861
1861
1861
1861
1861
Nov. 10, 1863
Dec. 16,
Oct. 7,
Aug.,
1861
1861
1861
June, 1861
Oct. 16, 1861
Sept. 20, 1861
Nov. 12, 1861
July 12, 1861
Oct. 14, 1861
Nov. 12, 1861
Aug. 29, 1861
Aug. 9. 1862
Sept. 13, 1862
Aug. 13, 1862
Nov. 12, 1861
Nov. 12, 1861
May 20, 1861
Apr. 23, 1861
118
New Ipswich Soldiers
THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Rhgt. Co.
Remarks
Died
Rank Whbn
Discharged
N. H. Cav. M.
Re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864; killed,
Lacy's Springs, Va.,
Dec. 26,
1864
Corporal
6 N. H. Inf., K
Died of disease, Milldale, Miss.
July 30,
1863
Corporal
3 N. H. Inf., E
Discharged disabled Feb. 11,
1862.
3 Mass. Cav., M
Discharged disabled June 16,
1862.
6 N. H. Inf., K
Discharged Dec. 11, 1865. . .
4 N. H. Inf., I
Died of disease
Aug. 9,
1863
N. H. Cav. M
Twice captured. Discharged
June 14, 1865.
6 N. H. Inf., K
6 N. H. Inf., K
Discharged Jan. 31, 1863.
N. H. Cav., M
Captured. Killed Columbia
Furnace.
Oct. 6,
1864
Sergeant
8 N. H. Inf., A
In prison more than six mo.
Mustered out Oct. 28, 1865.
N. H. Cav., M
Mustered out July 15, 1865. .
1st Serg.
Corporal
8 N. H. Inf., D
25 Mass. Inf., F
Lost leg at Roanoke Island,
but served through the war
in Vet. Reserve Corps.
21 Mass. Inf., G
Killed at Antietam
Sept. 17,
1862
6 N. H. Inf., K
Died of disease
July 4,
1862
5 N. H. Inf., I
Discharged disabled Sept. 13,
1862.
Apr. 24,
1867
3 Mass. Cav., M
Capt. Co. H, 1st Lousiana Cav.
Resigned Dec. 14, 1863.
....
•
Captain
IS Mass. Inf., B
Killed
Oct. 21,
1861
6 N. H. Inf., K
Discharged Mar. 4, 1863. . .
Sergeant
3 Mass. Cav., M
Discharged disabled June, 1862.
4
Accidentally killed on cars
while a prisoner enroute
from Andersonville to Sa-
vannah.
Sept. 13,
1864
13 N. H. Inf., G
Mustered out June 21, 1865. .
Wagoner
6 N. H. Inf., K
Discharged May 12, 1865. . .
13 N. H. Inf., G
Discharged Sept. 18, 1865. .
6 N. H. Inf., K
Discharged disabled Oct. 16,
1862.
6 N. H. Inf., K
Mustered out July 17, 1865. .
.
Sergeant
2 N. H. Inf., G
Discharged for wounds Oct.
28, 1862. Died at Rindge.
Feb. 25,
1873
11 Mass. Inf., E
Disch. June 24, 1864. Cap-
tured at Malvern Hill July,
1862. In Libby prison, pa-
roled Aug. 7, 1862.
119
History of New Ipswich
BORN IN NEW IPSWICH,
Name
Aiken, George H. .
Aiken, John C. . .
Ainsworth, William P
Austin, Albert T. .
Baldwin, Edwin T. .
Boyce, James L. . .
Brown, Marshall L. .
Chapman, Charles .
Cragin, Clark . . .
Emory, George E. .
Felt, George D. . .
Fuller, Granville L. .
Hardy, William H..
Harvey, Charles L. .
Hildreth, William H.
Joslin, Charles . . .
Lawrence, Charles A.
Lee, Samuel W. . . .
Livingstone, Harrison M.
Matthews, Frank .
Maxwell, Henry F.
Preston, George P.
Preston, Seth . .
Prichard, George H
Stearns, John E. .
Tenney, George F.
Tyler, Humphrey M
Wheeler, H. B. .
Born
New Ipswich
Age
18
19
Zl
18
28
22
24
25
18
27
26
18
26
IZ
21
22
ZZ
16
22
21
20
38
21
32
25
20
38
28
Credited to
Amherst .
Milford .
Nashua
Mason
Nashua .
Walpole .
Keene . .
Dublin .
Jaffrey
Lowell, Mass
Temple
Manchester
Sharon
Chesterfield .
Ashby, Mass.
Deering . .
Nashua . .
Chicago . .
Mason . .
Peterboro
Woburn, Mass
Jaffrey . .
Mason
Hillsboro
Mason
Hollis . .
Milford .
Peterboro
Enlisted
Aug. 21, 1862
Aug. 21, 1862
Dec. 2, 1861
Sept. 27, 1862
June 4, 1861
Nov. 21, 1862
Nov. 12, 1861
Aug. 23, 1862
Oct. 8, 1861
Dec. 5, 1861
Apr. 30, 1861
Oct. 1, 1861
Oct. 15, 1861
Aug. 29, 1861
Aug. 26, 1864
Aug. 29, 1861
Sept. 30, ISol
Aug., 1863
Sept. 2, 1862
Aug. 30, 1861
Sept. 10, 1864
Oct. 22, 1861
Oct. 2, 1861
Aug. 12, 1862
Sept. 15, 1862
Sept. 1, 1862
Sept. 3, 1864
Aug. 12, 1862
120
New Ipswich Soldiers
BUT ENLISTED ELSEWHERE.
Regt.
Co.
Remarks
Died
Rank When
Discharged
10 N.
H.
Inf.,
H
Appointed Hospital Steward.
Mustered out June 1, 1865.
10 N.
H.
Inf.,
H
Twice wounded. Mustered out
June 7, 1865.
1st Serg.
N.
H.
Cav.,
M
Killed Fort Royal, Va. . . .
May 30, 1862
16 N.
H.
Inf.,
C
Died of disease, Fort Hudson,
La.
Aug. 1, 1863
1 N.
H.
Inf.,
C
Leader of Baldwin Cornet
Band.
16 N.
H.
Inf.,
E
Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863. .
Aug. 25, 1863
6 N.
H.
Inf.,
E
Mustered out July 17, 1865. .
Asst. Surgeon
10 N.
H.
Inf.,
F
Discharged disabled Jan. 16,
1863.
5 N.
H.
Inf.,
D
Mustered out Oct. 29, 1864. .
8 N.
H.
Inf.,
D
Mustered out Oct. 28, 1865. .
2 N.
H.
Inf.,
G
Died of wounds
Nov. 6, 1862
7 N.
H.
Inf.,
A
Mustered out July 20, 1865 .
Jan. 18, 1869
6 N.
H.
Inf.,
K
Discharged disabled June 2,
1865.
2 N.
H.
Inf.,
C
Discharged disabled Nov. 29,
1862.
4 Mass.
H. Art. H
Mustered out June 17, 1865. .
4 N.
H.
Inf.,
C
Discharged Sept. 1, 1865. . .
7 N.
H.
Inf.,
B
Twice wounded. Appt. Capt.
Co. B, Nov. 2, 1864.
6 111.
Cav.
F
16 N.
H.
Inf.,
C
Appt. Serg. Mustered out
Aug. 20, 1863.
4 N.
H.
Inf.,
E
Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865. .
Corporal
11 M
ass.
Vol.
B
Mustered out June 4, 1865. .
6 N.
H.
Inf.,
K
Discharged on account oi
wounds Jan. 26, 1863.
8 N.
H.
Inf.,
B
Mustered out Oct. 28, 1865. .
Dec. 19, 1867
Sergeant
11 N.
H.
Inf.,
D
Twice wounded. Discharged
disabled Oct. 25, 1864.
Aug. 19, 1864
16 N.
H.
Inf.,
C
Mustered out Aug. 20, 1863 .
15 N.
H.
Inf.,
E
Discharged Aug. 13, 1863. Died
at Townsend.
Aug. 27, 1863
18 N.
H.
Inf.
F
Mustered out June 10, 1865.
Died at Togus.
May 26, 1887
Sergeant
13 N.
H.
Inf.,
G
Wounded. Mustered out June
22, 1865. Died at Rindge.
Feb. 28, 1884
Lieutenant
121
CHAPTER VII
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
IVTEW Ipswich was originally settled by men who feared
^ God and recognized their obligation to sustain the in-
stitutions of religion. Previous to the coming of the settlers
under the Massachusetts Grant men were sent forward "to
erect a convenient meeting house," and the first structure of
any kind reared within the territory of the town was for
religious worship. The Masonian charter (June 16, 1749)
specified that the Grantees reserve ten acres of land there,
/'. e., around said meeting-house. "And said Grantees shall
within seven years settle a learned and orthodox minister in
said township, and for whom suitable provision shall be
made."
The site of the first meeting-house was located by the
son of Judge Timothy Farrar at the time of the church cen-
tennial (1860) as being on the hill east of the Farrar house
"on a small plat ten rods S. 6° 30' E. from the highest point
on the hill." This building was burned in the winter of 1748.
Among the papers of Prof. Chandler I find this note (authority
not given) : "The meeting-house stood on the Farrar's hill
and was thirty feet square, built of logs being nicely hewn
and roofed with bark. The superior elegance of this temple
excited the wonder of the neighboring towns."
In 1752 the town voted to build a meeting-house, and
after much discussion it was decided to place it on "Lott No.
1 in the 10th Range." Meantime, (October, 1753,) it was
voted to "meet at the house of Joseph Kidder for the future,"
which stood on the site of the house now occupied by Mrs.
Frank W. Preston. This house was finished in February,
1759. At once it was voted "to seet ye meeting house" and
a committee was chosen for the purpose. As seats were as-
signed to individuals in the supposed order of their social
standing, it would seem to modern estimate that there would
be an abundant opportunity for criticism, but the majesty of
the law, even as represented by a committee chosen from one's
social peers, was then of more practical power than at the
present day.
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While waiting for an abidingplace the town had sought
to find a minister and a call was given to Mr. Peter Powers,
which he did not accept. Also Mr. Deliverance Smith declined
to settle here, although it was voted to give him "53 pounds
6 shillings & 8 pence Lawful Silver money as yearly sallery
if he settles with us so long as he sustains the Carator of our
Gospel Minister."
We will believe that a kindly Providence prevented these
two men from coming to this town that a iDetter influence
might be brought to it in the person of Mr. Stephen Farrar,
who was called "to be our Gospel Minister in this place,"
November 28, 1759. His "Sallery was to be 40 pounds Starling
money of Grate Britton and 30 cord of good wood, Cord wood
length to be delivered at his house anually." This call was
accepted by Mr. Farrar July 30, 1760.
The formal organization of the church took place Octo-
ber 21, 1760, and the following day Stephen Farrar was
ordained and installed pastor of the church. It is not an
overstatement to say that no one event in the history of the
town has been of greater importance. The influence of this
young pastor in the formative period of the growth of the
town, coming here in the vigor and enthusiasm of early man-
hood, aided by the prestige in those early days accorded to
his profession, has made itself felt to the present day. The
bond between pastor and people was strong, and increasing
year by year was broken only by his death.
The church at its organization consisted of twenty-one
members; to these, before 1772, thirty-eight others were
added. The records are tantalizingly imperfect. Save a par-
tial record of admissions and baptisms, only one item of
business is recorded previous to 1800, and all the records are
written on four leaves measuring six by four inches. In that
year a bound volume was obtained which contains the records
of 1800-1834, but they were written with no regard to chrono-
logical order and the confusion is misleading and discouraging.
Fortunately for the historian of the future, the contents of
this volume have been transcribed in proper order and are
now accessible.
Within three years the growing population of the town
made the meeting-house too small for its needs, and in 1762
an article was in the warrant for town meeting "to see if they
[the Proprietors] will make preparations for Building a meet-
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ing house." Controversy as to the location and dimensions
of the house ensued and it was not finished until 1770. When
it was "erected and covered," after long discussion it was
decided that the "Pews shall be sold at public vendue to the
highest bidder." This auction was held November 25, 1768.
A list of the buyers is given.
Charles Barrett £82 Is. No. 29 A body pew, pews on three sides.
Thomas Heald i80 1 Next to S. door.
Francis Appleton £80 7 Next to East door.
Benjamin Adams £80 10 In amen corner next to N. E. pew.
Moses Tucker Jr. ) ,_o on r. j ^ , i i
Benjamin Wheat \^^^ ^ ^"^^ P^^' ^°'""^'' °^ ^lock.
Ephraim Adams £77 9 N. W. corner pew.
Jonathan Dix £76 16 N. E. corner pew.
Nathan Cutter £71 11 Amen corner, next to B. Adams.
Timothy Fox £66 34 Body pew, corner of block.
Peter Fletcher £64 31 Body pew, corner of block.
Eleazer Cummings £58 12 Amen corner, next to pulpit.
Josiah Brown £43 21 S. W. corner pew, next to stairs.
Andrew Spaulding £42 4 S. E. corner pew, next to stairs.
This house was directly opposite the old cemetery.
The "Great Revival" began in the winter of 1785-86 and
continued nearly a year. Early in the winter, at the quarterly
fast which the church had been accustomed to observe for
several years, an unusual number were present, and the pres-
ence of the Holy Spirit was manifest in power. The people
could not go away "but remained to converse on their own
personal religion." Through the winter the work went on.
The season was one of great severity, but people went on
the crusted snow through the fields from one meeting to
another at a later hour. It is said that even the sick were
carried on beds. Sometimes Mr. Farrar preached in a barn
with the hearers seated on the floor and the scafifold. Ninety-
eight persons were added to the church within two years.
Mr. Farrar's pastorate was not marked by any other
events of special interest. He lived the quiet life of a country
minister, doing his duty to all, and was a power for good in
giving tone and direction to every project for the benefit of
the town. To him revered and beloved as "the Good Parson,"
June 23, 1809, the end came suddenly, and he went to join in
another world those of his flock to whom he had shown the
way to the heavenly gates.
Rev. Seth Payson preached the funeral sermon from the
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words, "And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and
made great lamentation over him." The town paid the ex-
penses of his funeral and placed over his grave a marble slab
with the inscription,
The people of his charge leave this stone
To mark the place
Where they have laid him.
On the one hundreth anniversary of Mr. Farrar's death
a simple service was held at his grave. An appreciative sketch
of his character and influence written by Miss Katharine
Preston, who is of his lineage, and read by Rev. C. R. Pea-
cock, a poem by Dea. James Roger, formerly of Edinboro,
with prayer by Rev. W. R. Thompson, fitted the quiet sunset
hour, serene and beautiful, typical of the close of the life
which we met to commemorate.
Each year on June 23, a young woman whose heart is
filled with reverence for those who laid the broad foundations
of all that is good in the town places upon Mr. Farrar's grave
flowers gathered from the garden of his lifelong home.
Immediately after Mr. Farrar's death the town looked for
a successor. One or two candidates were heard, but it was
not easy to find a man who would fill the place of the lamented
and revered pastor. One candidate, so tradition relates, was
rejected because he wore white stockings, so unlike the black
and inconspicuous garments which were worn by Mr. Farrar.
December 5, 1811, a call was given by the town to Mr. Richard
Hall, and he was ordained March 12, 1812. In August of
that year he strengthened his relation to the people by his
marriage with Lucy, eldest daughter of Hon. Timothy Farrar
and niece of Rev. Mr. Farrar.
Before Mr. Hall came to the church a revival was in
progress which was greatly helped by his ministrations. In
1821-22 there was another revival of great power, and as the
fruit of the two there were added to the church about one
hundred and fifty persons. During his ministry a creed and
confession of faith was adopted, and all who were admitted
to the church were required to subscribe to it. It embodied
very strictly the theological tenets of the day.
The meeting-house became too small, and also so dilapi-
dated that a new one was needed. The new building on the
spot where the present one stands was begun in 1812, and
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completed in 1813. "Modeled after Park Street meeting-house
in Boston, it was a stately building with graceful spire, a
perfect type of the colonial church and dear to the heart of
every one within sound of its sweet-toned bell."
In 1818 the first Sunday School was organized by the women
of the church. During the following winter it was suspended
but revived in the following spring, and has continued to this
day, the instrument of untold good. The widow Abigail Davis
was the first superintendent.
Mr. Hall died July 13, 1824, after a prolonged illness.
"His ministry was faithful and successful." "His mental
powers were above the ordinary grade, and he was noted
for his decision of character."
In 1823 a Religious Society was formed to cooperate with
the church by having special care of financial matters and
of general temporalities. It began with one hundred mem-
bers, and George F. Farley was the first secretary. Thus
at the termination of Mr. Hall's ministry the official connec-
tion of the town with the church ceased.
After much indecision and discussion the church gave a
call to Rev. Isaac R. Barbour October 4, 1824, and the in-
stallation took place March 8, 1826. On August 22. of the
same year, on account of the health of his wife, he asked a
dismission. This request was granted only too willingly.
In choosing a successor to Mr. Barbour the church and
society were unanimous in the choice of Mr. Charles Walker,
who came here directly from Andover Theological Seminary.
The salary offered was $700, and he was ordained Februar}'"
28, 1827. His ministry was conscientious and successful, es-
pecially in enlisting a more general activity in the church.
Protracted meetings were held repeatedly, and conversions
were numerous. June 21, 1827, a committee was chosen to
visit the members of the church "to converse particularly on
the subject of religion." A committee of discipline was
chosen which did its work too faithfully for the peace of the
church. Members were disciplined for the most trivial causes,
and long-continued discussions were wasted on trifles light
as air. During the ministry of eight years there were one
hundred and six church meetings on business, many of them
beginning at nine o'clock in the morning and continuing until
late at night ; also there were five councils or references, be-
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sides those of ordination and dismission. Mr. Walker was
dismissed August 26, 1835.
Rev. Charles Walker was born in Rindge, N. H., November
21, 1795. His father was a farmer of moderate means and the
son had to earn his education by his own exertions. He
graduated at Dartmouth College in 182.3 and at Andover
Theological Seminary in 1826, being then more than thirty
years old. A man of fair talents, an impressive preacher, and
of a gentle spirit. After leaving this church he was settled
March 9, 1836, at Windsor, Conn. The last years of his life
were spent at Groton, Mass., where he died October 23, 1847.
At a meeting of the church January 18, 1836, "A subject
was presented by the Moderator for consultation, as to the
propriety or expediency of calling a man to settle with us as
a minister of the gospel without attending to the usual pre-
liminary course of probation." "After some little consultation
it was moved and seconded that we present Rev. Samuel Lee
of Sherburne, Alass., a call to settle with us in the work of
the gospel ministry. The above motion was carried into
effect by vote of the church." The church knew of Mr. Lee
only from the report of a committee who had attended a
protracted meeting at Ashburnham, where he had been called
to assist the pastor.
The call, one of several under consideration at that time
by Mr. Lee, was accepted, and the installation took place on
May 5, 1836. Early in his ministry some changes took place.
So far as is known it had always been the custom of the
church that candidates for membership should appear before
a public church meeting, relate their religious experience, or
read a paper which they had written, and then be questioned
by any member of the church. This in itself was an ordeal
from which nearly every one would shrink. In July, 1837,
it was voted "That candidates for admission to the church
meet the Committee of Examination, and if by them approved,
be propounded three weeks at least previous to the time of
admission."
Another revival came to this church in 1841-42, but unlike
some of previous years there was no excitement, but a calm,
intense earnestness which continued during nearly two years.
"There were added to the church one hundred and ten per-
sons, several husbands and wives side by side, and most of
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them persons in middle life." In 1857-58 there was again
much religious interest, fifteen being added to the church,
beside a much larger number of students of the Academy
who would join their home churches.
Notwithstanding this increased religious interest other
agencies were at work. In 1841 the use of wine at the com-
munion table was brought before the church. After pro-
longed discussion and thought the church voted to continue
the use of wine as had been the custom ever since the time
of Christ. The vote stood eighty-four in favor of the use of
the wine, four against it. Thus that special question was defi-
nitely settled. But the germ of discord grew with the years
and the church became divided on many questions. Advice
was asked and given by two ecclesiastical councils, and at
the suggestion of the second, many of the dissatisfied mem-
bers asked for dismission and recommendation to other
churches, although it is certain that at Mason Village they did
not receive a cordial welcome.
The meeting-house, built in 1813, had become dilapidated
and in need of repair to render it comfortable or pleasing to
the eye. In 1851 it was remodeled by raising the floor and
removing the galleries, thus making the auditorium specially
fine in its acoustic properties. The beautiful proportions of
the former spire were retained, and from its height came the
tones of the sweet-voiced bell presented in 1815 by citizens of
the town. Within a few years it has been learned that this
bell came from the foundry of Paul Revere. This building
was burned July 15, 1902.
The church celebrated its centennial anniversary October
22, 1860. An historic discourse had been prepared by the
pastor, but as on account of ill-health he was not able to
deliver it, it was read by Rev. Mr. Fisher of Mason Village,
Rev. Mr. Bell of Ashby, and Rev. Isaac Stearns Perry of
Bellows Falls, Vt. The following was the programme pre-
pared by the committee in charge.
Gathering at the site of the old meeting-house.
Prayer and brief address, 10 a. m.
Procession to the church.
Historical Discourse, 11 :00 a. m.
Dinner in the basement of the church with addresses.
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the church.
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A flag had been reared on the site of the iirst meeting-
house on Farrar Hill, which could be seen from the place of
gathering. There are those living who remember the under-
pinning stones of that house, and can identify the spot.
Mr. Lee's health failing, he resigned his pastorate and was
dismissed December 9, 1860. Save the life-long pastorate of
Parson Farrar, that of Mr. Lee was the longest recorded in
the history of the church and its influence was proportionate,
especially in connection with the Academy. One who was
often a member of the congregation said of him : "Mr. Lee
has a logical and metaphysical mind ; is an independent and
liberal thinker; announces his convictions with great decision
and earnestness ; is a faithful and devoted pastor ; an active
and enlightened friend of education ; and is greatly beloved
by his people." Another adds, "His prayers carried one into
the presence of a helpful Heavenly Father."
January 23, 1861, an ecclesiastical council met for the pur-
pose of authorizing the union of the two Congregational
churches here existing. From their result we quote : "Voted
that we approve the basis on which the two churches have
agreed to unite, and that we consummate the union here in-
tended." Soon after this union the church received a legacy
from the estate of Mrs. Dolly Everett of $4,000. The
dwelling-house of Mrs. Everett was given the church for a
parsonage.
After a long period of hearing candidates, a call was given
to Mr. Calvin Cutler, which he accepted, and he was ordained
March 12, 1862. After a pastorate of five years Mr. Cutler
asked a dismission, and although the church voted "that we
earnestly request him to withdraw his request for dismission,"
he felt that "his work here was done." A council of dismis-
sion met April 11, 1867. Mr. Cutler gained in a marked
degree the affection and confidence of the church and they
parted with him most reluctantly. He became the pastor of
the church in Auburndale, Mass., and remained there until
his death.
January 1, 1868, Rev. Prescott Fay was installed pastor
of the church, and dismissed October 6, 1869.
Several of the succeeding pastorates were so brief that
there is little to record save the date of the commencement
and the closing of the ministries to the church.
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Rev. B. F. Ray began his work as a pastor July 10, 1870,
and was most earnest in his efforts to aid the church. He
died here January 7, 1872.
Rev. Thomas S. Robie became acting pastor in April, 1873.
and retired April 1, 1874.
Rev. B. N. Seymour became acting pastor September 27,
1874, and retired March 10, 1878.
Rev. Horace Parker became acting pastor March, 1879.
having previously supplied the pulpit for nearly two years ;
he retired June 1, 1880.
Mr. Sumner G. Wood was ordained and installed as pas-
tor December 30, 1880, and dismissed February 14, 1883.
From here he went to Fall River, Mass.
Rev. George F. Merriam became acting pastor here in
connection with his charge in Greenville, June, 1883, and
retired in 1891. After a pastorate of more than thirty-five
years at Greenville he was called to the historic church in
Deerfield, Mass., but soon failing health caused his resigna-
tion, and he passed the remainder of his life with his children.
He held the pen of a ready writer, and his services were much
in demand for the writing of biographical and historic articles
for the press. His ministrations to this church were most
helpful, and his memory is precious. He died August 5, 1912.
Rev. G. W. Johnson became acting pastor December 27,
1891, and resigned August 11, 1892.
Mr. A. L. Parsons became acting pastor October 2, 1892.
He died suddenly March 25, 1894.
Rev. H. H. Looniis became acting pastor September. 1894,
and resigned July, 1896.
Rev. G. F. Bradford became acting pastor September, 1896.
Resigned July 1, 1900.
Mr. H. A. Barber, although still a theological student, be-
gan the supply of the pulpit December, 1900, was ordained
here August 22, 1903, and resigned July, 1904.
Rev. Lyman Mevis was acting pastor from December,
1904, until' October, 1905.
Mr. Charles R. Peacock supplied the pulpit in November,
1905, was ordained here July 30, 1908, and resigned January
15, 1911.
Rev. Orlando M. Lord was invited to become pastor of
this church July 27, 1911, and retired May 1, 1914.
The invested funds of the church amount to about $12,000.
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The New Church
July 15, 1902, our church was struck by lightning and
wholly destroyed. While the flames were still burning Mrs.
George R. Barrett promised a gift of $5,000 toward building
a new church. Later she purchased two pews, paying for
them $1000. The bell which she gave to the town at the same
time bears her name, Elizabeth M. Barrett, and was rung
for the first time by the donor and her granddaughter. Mrs.
Barrett added a personal touch to the value of her gift by
having the furniture for the pulpit made to order from designs
of her own choice. Other friends were generous, and August
22, 1903, the new church was dedicated. It is convenient and
with its pleasant interior and sweet-toned organ meets the
wants of the congregation, but to the older people it can
never fill the place of the former edifice, so suited to this
old colonial town.
The church observed the one hundred and fiftieth anni-
versary of its organization August 25, 1910. In the morning
there was a brief service at the site of the old meeting-house,
and at the church an informal reception dinner, served at
noon, was followed by brief addresses by friends and neigh-
boring ministers. In the afternoon religious services were
held in the auditorium ; the sermon was by Rev. G. Ernest
Merriam, son of a former pastor. An interesting history of
the church written by Miss Katharine Preston was read by
Rev. C. R. Peacock, and a large choir led in the singing of
old hymns.
So far as can be learned there have been admitted to this
church 1557 people. For many years the records were so
imperfect that we may estimate the total number to be at
least 1800, probably more. A catalogue of members is in
process of preparation, giving dates of admission, dismission,
and death so far as they can be learned. From the families of
this church there have gone missionaries, ministers and min-
isters' wives, and teachers beyond computation.
In 1843 the number of members of the church was 402,
thus making it the largest but one in the state.
A program, of stated meetings may be of interest. Sunday
morning services at 10:30 o'clock; Sunday School, followed
by exchange of books at the two libraries, filled the time
until the afternoon service, which lasted until 3 o'clock. A
third service was held in the evening at the brick school-
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house, or later in the chapel and more recently at the church.
Weekday prayer meetings were held Wednesday evening in
the school-house ; Thursday afternoon at the church ; Friday
afternoon in Davis Village at a private house, and Saturda}^
evening at the school-house. This was previous to 1860.
The meetings at Davis Village were distinctive. Rev.
Perley B. Davis writes of them, "The Davis meetings began
at the home of Joseph Davis in 1810 for the benefit of the
three Davis brothers, their two sisters, and their families.
Later, they were held at four or five different houses, and
I do not know how long they were continued, but certainly
for more than fifty years. In the summer time the brothers
and sometimes one or two others would leave their farms
and gather, in very humble apparel, for the hour's service.
The women would come wearing a calash. In the winter the
meetings would be larger. The rooms were lighted by an
open fireplace and tallow candles. The singing was from the
village hymnbook and was, I think, not very artistic." In
the autumn of 1860 a semi-centennial meeting was held at
the house of Joseph Davis, the place of the first meeting.
"The Maternal Association organized May 15, 1817, was
the earliest in the country." (Sketch of New Ipswich, i8^5.
Rev. Charles Walker.) The mothers met once a month for
discussion concerning the training, physical, mental, and re-
ligious, of their children, and every three months the children
were brought to the meetings to exemplify methods and their
progress in the Bible and Catechism." (K. P.) One woman
still preserves a copy of the Life of Mary Lyon given her for
perfectly committing to memory the Westminster Catechism.
Fast days were numerous and were kept by all the con-
gregation. Their observance was no idle form. Very little
food was provided for breakfast, and only a moderate meal
for dinner, and with a church service, the absence of work
save that of necessity, and the entire absence of amusements,
the day seemed almost as distinctive as the Sabbath.
Few churches have had better examples in those who have
guided their labors and influence for the past one hundred
and fifty years. May we never lower the standard of earnest,
honest work for God and the world.
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The Baptist Church
The Baptist Church
In the latter part of the eighteenth century a few persons
in New Ipswich, uniting with others in Temple, Jaffrey, and
Rindge, formed a Baptist church. Meetings were held in
private houses and later in the old meeting-house formerly
used by the Congregational church. In 1815 a house was
erected by Deacon Aaron Brown, chiefly at his own expense.
"It stood on the north side of the road to Mill Village [now
Smithville] a few rods from the Academy corner, a small,
plain structure." "In 1850 it was taken down and removed
to its present location at the center of the village. A base-
ment and spire have been added, and it is now an ornament
to the village." Its cost, $2600, was paid before its dedication.
In 1814 the members living in Temple united with those
here and formed the Baptist church in New Ipswich of thirty-
three members. Elder John Parkhurst, the first pastor, was
installed March 10, 1814, and remained until 1821.
The succeeding pastors were:
Ferris Moore 1821-24
Joseph Elliott 1824-27
Benjamin R. Skinner 1827-28
Calvin Greenleaf 1828-30
Asaph Merriam 1830-36
Johnson Howard 1836-39
L. M. Wilmarth 1840-42
Jacob Weston 1842-43
Harrison W. Strong 1843-
A. H. House 1850-
E. W. Pray 1853-54
Edwin Dibell 1854-60
Church closed much of the time for several years.
E. J. Emery .
A. Snyder
L. M. Barnes .
J. M. Coburn .
W. R. Thompson
J. M. Coburn (d.
Elisha Sanderson
H. N. Wiggin .
C J. Wilcomb
T. V. Caulkins
J. W. Tingley .
C. L. Eldredge
Feb.
27.
1889)
1866-67
1867-71
1876-78
1879-80
1880-87
1887-89
1889-95
1895-99
1900-03
1903-07
1908-10
Nov., 1910-14
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So far as can be learned from the records the total mem-
bership since the organization of the church in 1814 is 405.
Present membership, 27. Rev. C. L. Eldredge, Pastor. Mary
E. Blanchard (Mrs. Edwin F.), Clerk. Dea. William H.
Wilson, Treasurer.
Like all country churches in New England a majority of
the members are women, and the work of sustaining the
various church activities largely rests on them. The women
of this church have met their demands most nobly. By the
work of the "Ladies' Aid Society" and help from friends out
of town the church has been kept in good repair. For some
years they have wished for a bell which would tell of the
hours of their service, and for a clock which should be of
use to the village. Some friends, children of former mem-
bers, under the influence of Mrs. Dixon D. Wheeler became
practically interested, and November 19, 1910, Mrs. Frederick
Jones (with the help of a stronger hand) rang the new bell
for the first time. Mrs. Emma L. Tucker has solicited funds
for the purchase of a clock, which is now placed on the church.
It first struck the hour at noon September 26, 1912.
The welfare of the village is largely helped because this
place of worship is easily accessible, and is open to many
who cannot go to the more distant Congregational Church.
The church deserves great credit for its courage and energy
in continuing the services, Sabbath and midweek, though with
limited numbers.
Unitarian Church
In 1833 a number of the people of the town united to
form a Unitarian church. Mr. Charles Barrett erected near
High Bridge a fine building with a handsome interior. The
ministers who officiated there were Rev. Mr. Harding, Rev.
Reuben Bates, Rev. Warren Burton. Mr. Bates left in 1835.
No list of members of this church can be found, but the
following list of parents whose children were baptized by
Rev. Mr. Bates may be of interest : Ayers, John and Mary
B. ; Barnard, Loring and Sarah ; Clark, Benjamin and Martha ;
Farwell, Moors and Sarah ; Porter, Samuel and Elvira C. ;
Prichard, Jeremiah and Nancy; Webster, Jonathan and
Abigail.
After a few years the church was weakened by the death
of its principal supporters, and soon became extinct.
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The Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
The records of this church having been destroyed, its his-
tory can be learned only from the reports of various Confer-
ence meetings.
The church was organized in 1842 and the meeting-house
in the Center Village was dedicated June 25, 1842. In 1849
the Sunday School had 95 scholars, and a library of more
than 150 volumes. That year a church was built in the Sou-
hegan village. "About this time the members of the church
formed themselves into a society to have charge of the finan-
cial concerns of the church. The first signers were Rev.
Jonathan Hall, Amos Merrill, Joseph Turner, Nathaniel Bar-
rett, Ezra Webber." In 1854 there was often an attendance
of 200, and the Sunday School was prosperous. In 1872 there
was a membership of 38.
Removals for various causes, and the gradual introduction
of French Canadians to take the place of the American and
Scotch families at High Bridge, all tended to lessen the atten-
dance, until in 1889 the society felt that it could no longer
support a pastor. For more than fifteen years the pulpit
was occasionally supplied by pastors of neighboring churches ;
but in November, 1905, the church was finally closed.
For many years this church had a special field of useful-
ness, ministering to the spiritual needs of many in those vil-
lages who could not attend church elsewhere.
"October 13, 1907, Rev. George H. Hardy of Ashburnham,
assisted by other clergymen, conducted an impressive fare-
well service in the church. The audience filled the house.
Thirteen days later, for the sum of $150, the church building
became the property of Bank Village. The library and book-
case were presented to the New Ipswich Baptist church, and
the communion service to the new Finnish church in town."
(A. A. G.)
During the sixty-four years of its existence the church
was under the care of thirty clergymen, nine of whom^ each
remained less than a year, and three of them each only a
year. The other pastorates were :
J. W. Guernsey 1846-48
Jonathan Hall 1849-51
Jonathan Hall 1852-55
S. G. Kellogg 1856-58
A. P. Hatch 1859-61
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The church was closed several years between 1862 and 1870.
Irad Taggart 1870-72
Jacob Spaulding 1872-75
Israel Ainsworth 1875-77
G. M. Curl 1877-79
The Second Congregational Church
October 9, 1851, a Second Congregational church was or-
ganized, consisting of persons dismissed by advice of council
from the Congregational church in New Ipswich and some
others from neighboring churches. The number of members
was fifty-seven. The pastors were :
Rev. Josiah Ballard, installed July 14, 1852, dismissed
April 26, 1855.
Rev. William Russell, installed June 25, 1856, dismissed
September 22, 1858.
Rev. Sylvanus Hayward supplied the pulpit for a year or
longer, but was not installed.
January 23, 1861, an ecclesiastical council met and "con-
summated the union of the two churches here existing."
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NEW IPSWICH ACADEMY
TN 1790 the main road from Townsend and the region
-^ toward the seaboard was Httle more than a bridle-path,
scarcely passable for a carriage, but the adventurous traveler
who persisted in pursuing the upward path found his reward.
New Ipswich had not only a large and flourishing church,
but an academy incorporated, and in so successful operation
that at Dartmouth College in 1791 "There were no less than
ten students from New Ipswich."
As early as 1762 there was a public school in New Ipswich
and in 1772 a migratory grammar school, the master going
from one district to another. June 18, 1789, by act of the
New Hampshire state legislature, this school was incorporated
as New Ipswich Academy, for the purpose of promoting piety
and virtue, and for the education of youth in the English and
Latin and Greek languages, in writing, arithmetic, music, and
the art of speaking, practical geometry, logic, geography, and
such "others of the liberal arts and sciences or languages as
the Trustees shall direct."
Hon. Samuel Appleton wrote many years ago of the early
trustees : "The zeal they had for education was so great that
some of them even mortgaged their houses and lands to
raise money to educate their children." "The first sixty-five
years of the existence of the Academy were marked by con-
tinued donations of money, books, apparatus, and labor from
the loyal citizens of New Ipswich and the trustees and alumni
of the academy, and the marked success of the graduates of
the school in all walks of life attests its vigorous internal
growth during that period." (Prospectus, iQio-ii.)
This was the second academy incorporated in the state,
Phillips Exeter being five years its senior, although the town
of Exeter is a century older than New Ipswich. It is the
third in the United States to be co-educational ; Leicester
Academy and the Derby School at Hingham — the first school
in America founded by a woman — were, so far as can be
learned, the only co-educational institutions in the land before
1789.
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The first academy building, erected in 1789 about one
hundred rods north of the meeting-house, was on land donated
by Rev, Mr. Farrar, and was a one-story building 40x38 feet.
It is now a dwelling house owned by Dea. William H. Wilson.
In 1816 it was thought wise to erect a new building nearer
the geographical center of the town. As the town was then
realizing the need of better accommodations for town meet-
ings, an arrangement was entered into by which one building
should answer both purposes, the lower story being used by
the town and the second story by the Academy. In 1831 a
fine bell was given the institution by Mrs. Dolly Appleton
Everett, and for more than eighty years it has noted the
hours of the school. During the administration of Mr. Shedd
a house was built for the use of students who wished to board
themselves. After the building of the present academy this
house was moved to the spot now occupied by the girls'
dormitory, and was used as a boarding-house, for many years
being well filled, one or more of the faculty being in charge.
"Soon after the centennial celebration, a meeting of New
Ipswich gentlemen residing in Boston was held at the house
of Jonas Chickering, which resulted in a subscription in aid
of the Academy amounting to $7000, viz. : from Samuel Apple-
ton $4000, Samuel Batchelder $1000, Jonas Chickering $1000,
Nathan Appleton $500, Frederick and Edward Kidder $250,
Edward W. and George M. Champney $250. As the trustees
were satisfied that the school could not be successfully con-
tinued without a new building the subscribers consented that
their contributions thereto should be applied for this purpose,
provided the residents would contribute to purchase the nec-
essary land and lay the foundations. Some rivalry arose be-
tween the advocates of a southern or a northern locality,
but the northerners finally prevailed and secured the beauti-
ful location between Preston and Farrar streets, facing the
\'illage Green, and containing about three acres. The corner-
stone was laid August 11, 1853, at which an address was made
by Rev. Mr. Lee, and speeches by others present ; original
hymns were sung, etc. The building was occupied by the
school March, 1854, and was appropriately dedicated Septem-
ber 6, 1854, the address being given by Rev, Frederick A.
Adams. The edifice is of brick and slated, containing five
recitation rooms [now changed to four J, apartments for the
Library, Cabinet, and Philosophical Apparatus, and a large
hall to seat about six hundred persons,
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"In consequence of the numerous and important dona-
tions from Samuel Appleton and others of the family, the
name of the academy was changed to 'New Ipswich Appleton
Academy' in June, 1853, about the time of Mr. Appleton's
death, and his executors decreed the sum of $20,000 fromi funds
left by him for similar purposes as an endowment. This,
with other donations from non-resident sons of New Ipswich
who desired to give some token of their local attachment and
their interest in the prosperity of the Academy, were an-
nounced at the dedication. Among them were an electrical
machine from Ira Holden of New Orleans, air-pump and mi-
croscope from Jeremiah Prichard, Jr., pianoforte from George
N. Davis of Boston, barometer from Timothy Perry, 100 vol-
umes of books from Charles D. Gould and Joshua Lincoln,
several thousand specimens to found a cabinet of natural his-
tory from Dr. A. A. Gould of Boston, a bust of Samuel Apple-
ton from Mrs. Appleton, an epitome of the history of the
academy written on a large sheet to be hung in the hall by
Dea. N. D. Gould.
"In a cavity of the corner-stone laid under the southwest
corner of the building is a leaden box six inches square and
three inches deep, containing a calatogue of the Academy for
1852-3, circular for 1852-3, regulations of the police of New
Ipswich, invoice of the polls and estates of New Ipswich,
report of the Superintending School Committee, 1852-3, Scien-
tific American, Daily Evening Traveller, Aug. 10, 1853, Daily
Advertiser, Aug. 10, 1853, Barnums Illustrated News, Aug.
13, 1853, Farmer's Cabinet, Aug. 4, 1853, bills of the New
Ipswich Bank, coins of the United States, 1853, Boston Semi-
Weekly Post, Boston Daily Journal, and a history of the
building, with the names of the Donors." (T. F.)
During Mr. Westgate's administration the small building
south of the Academy was provided for the use of pupils in
drawing and painting. This was sometimes called the "Gas
House." In 1868 the building north of the main cemetery,
formerly used as a church, was moved to the lot east of the
girls' dormitory and used as a gymnasium. Later it was sold
and taken away. At the Appleton Alumni reunion. February
14, 1912, Mrs. James Barr Ames gave to the trustees the
dwelling-house formerly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. S. T.
Ames, thus carrying out the purpose of her late husband,
who was a trustee and generous friend of the institution. The
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present academy building was first occupied in March, 1854,
and thus has been in use for sixty years.
The following is believed to be a complete list of the
preceptors.
John Hubbard 1789-95
Samuel Worcester 1796-97
David Palmer 1797-98
Peter Cochrane 1799-
Warren Pierce 1799-1801
Closed two years.
Joseph Mulliken 1804-07
Benjamin White 1807-
Oliver Swain Taylor 1808-11
Luke Eastman 1812
Hart Talcott 1813
Jesse Smith 1814-15
Horace Hatch 1816
Elijah Demond 1817
Earl Smith 1818-20
Amasa Edes 1820-22
Rufus A. Putnam 1822-25
Cranmore Wallace 1825
Luther Smith 1826
Seth H. Keeler 1827
Robert A. Coffin 1828-33
Asahel Foote 1833
Stephen T. Allen 1833-34
Charles Shedd 1834-41
Josiah Crosby 1841
James K. Colby 1842
Abner S. Warner 1842-44
Edward A. Lawrence 1844-51
E. T. Quimby 1851-65
E. T. Rowe 1865-66
E. W. Westgate 1866-71
John Herbert 1871-74
William A. Preston 1874-1903
John Preston 1903-04
Charles P. Poor 1904-05
Herschel W. Lewis 1906-
The teacher in charge of the Academy was first styled
rector after the Scotch custom, then preceptor, and during
these later years, principal, or more familiarly, Prof. Many
of the principals were men of marked ability and worthy of
note.
John Hubbard, son of Jonathan, was the first preceptor,
and "soon brought the school into public favor." "A public-
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spirited citizen, the town is much indebted to him for the
spirit he infused and the institutions he founded. He was
noted for his musical taste and talents."
"It was during the administration of Mr. Mulliken in
1806 or 1807 that Miss Allen, daughter of Rev. Mr. Allen of
Bradford, Mass., and afterward the wife of Thos. A. Mirrill,
D. D., of Middlebury, Vt., was engaged as preceptress. She
was an accomplished teacher and had a large class of young
ladies whom she instructed in the higher branches of litera-
ture, and in the collateral branches of refinement and taste
then taught in the best schools of female education. The
spare rooms in the Academy were not large enough to accom-
modate her school, and she used the hall in Mr. Barrett's
house for a schoolroom. No female school of a higher charac-
ter than hers has ever been taught in this place, and few any-
where else." (T. F.)
Oliver Swain Taylor, a native of this town, born Decem-
ber 17, 1784, died April 19, 1885, at Auburn, N. Y. "He ex-
ercised the duties of the position with much success, and the
school reached an unusual degree of prosperity."
After one of those periods of depression which are certain
to occur in all associations, under the care of Mr. Coffin, as-
sisted by his wife, the Academy "rose to a high pitch of
prosperity," which was maintained by his successor, Mr.
Allen.
Judging from accessible records the greatest number of
students was in 1838, during the administration of Mr. Shedd,
as there were 278 different students during that year. Tradi-
tion tells of his success and popularity as a teacher.
Under the leadership of Mr. Quimby the school reached a
high standard of activity. His influence over many of his pu-
pils was very great. Prof. C. H. Chandler, whom we mourn,
said that his school life here was of more value to him than
his college course.
Mr. Herbert came here immediately after graduating at
Dartmouth. Though so young, his discipline was worthy of
note ; "like one of the forces of nature, quiet, unostentatious,
but powerful and all-pervasive."
"Mr. Preston was a rare scholar and his instruction was
of a high order. Of brilliant and versatile mind, he possessed
the true genius of teaching. Himself a poet, his instruction
in Latin, Greek, and English poetry is to be remembered as
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a rare privilege. Mr. Preston's teaching was supplemented
in the department of mathematics by that of his brother, Mr.
Frank W. Preston, no less gifted as a scholar and a teacher."
(A former student.)
In 1810 there were eighty students, thirty-five of whom
were young women. At that very year in the (then) town
of Boston, girls were allowed to attend the public schools in
the summer only, and not then unless there were seats left
vacant by boys.
"Mrs. Preston (Betsy Champney) gives the following
names of the members of the school in 1787: Samuel Farrar,
(Andover,) William Sherwin, Thomas Cordis. (Boston,) Eben
Lawrence, (physician, Hampton,) Rev. John Miles, (Grafton,)
Rev. David Kendall, (Hubbardston,) Thomas Hazen, (Shir-
ley,) Polly Farrar, (Mrs. Dakin,) Nancy Lawrence, (Mrs. I.
Brown Farrar,) Dolly Appleton, (Mrs. Everett,) Jesse Apple-
ton, John Ware, John Sparhawk, Polly Hartwell, (Mrs. Bel-
lows,) Milly Woods, (Pepperell,) Crombie." (T. F.)
In 1790 tuition was 12 shillings per quarter; in 1805 from
17 to 25 cents per week at discretion of the preceptor; in
1835, $3.50 to $4.00 per term, and needlework 25 cents to $1.00
per term ; in 1879 tuition was $6.00 or $8.00 per term. Now
it is $40.00 per year. "In 1852 Monochromatic, Calligraphic,
Mezzotint, or Crayon drawing was $3.00 per term." In 1845
the price of board was $1.33 to $1.50 per week. "Instruction
was given in music, vocal and instrumental, penmanship, elo-
cution, and book-keeping, and there were lectures on Anatom}^
and Physiology, Geology and Botany." Before the days of
state normal schools, there was a "Teachers' class" giving
instruction in the theory and practice of teaching, and the best
methods of governing schools. In 1851 Mr. Quimby, the new
principal, was requested to outline a course of study, both
English and classical, which, when completed, should entitle
a student to a diploma.
In 1890 a reunion of Appleton alumni was held in Boston,
an association formed, and a board of officers chosen with
Mr. John Herbert as president. This was followed in a short
time by a meeting at New Ipswich, and a great deal of en-
thusiasm was aroused. Now the meetings are held in Boston
in mid-winter once in five years, and in the summer midway
between the Boston meetings one is held in New Ipswich on
the familiar campus. A dinner is served in a large tent, with
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after-dinner speaking, an informal social evening in Academy
hall, and much interchange of reminiscences and the life-
history of friends. In 1891 a catalogue of the alumni was
published containing more than 1500 names. We may well
be proud of our alumni. Scattered throughout the world, many
of them have made their names famous, and wherever they
may be found they are, with few exceptions, helping the world
along in the right direction.
In the latter part of the last century the school passed
through a period of depression, as it had several times pre-
viously in its history, and the number of pupils became small.
With the coming of the new century several new trustees
were added to the board, who contributed liberally to its im-
provement. Over $5000 was spent in repairs. The building
was renovated ; laboratories, chemical and physical, equipped
with the needful apparatus ; new floors laid ; a furnace in-
stalled which provides a comfortable temperature ; important
additions made to the library, and everything brought up to
modern requirements. The Academy has a fund of about
$50,000 carefully invested.
We now have a man as principal and two young women
as assistant teachers, all college graduates. To quote from
the annual prospectus, "The course of study at New Ipswich
Appleton Academy is designed primarily to give the students
an all-round training and to develop their practical as well
as their mental abilities, that they may become good farmers
and good business men, as well as good lawyers, doctors, or
teachers. To this end two courses of study are laid out, desig-
nated as the College course and the General or English course.
A special elective course in Science is provided for those who
desire to enter a scientific school." To these is added more
recently a course in domestic science, to be followed so soon
as possible by one in practical agriculture.
The general intelligence and literary cultivation of the
people of New Ipswich is spoken of by strangers as unusual for
a country town. This is due in very large measure to the
opportunities given by the Academy for a larger education
and broader knowledge of the world of literature and science.
May the sons and daughters of Appleton cherish the mem-
ory of their Alma Mater and help her to be more and more a
blessing to future generations.
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CHAPTER IX
MISCELLANIES
Manufactures
^npHE necessities of frontier life made it essential that the
-*- abundant waterpower of the region should be utilized
for the daily needs of the people and, later, its use for manu-
facturing purposes has been one of the chief sources of the
enterprise and prosperity of the town. The earliest known
record is of a sawmill built by the Massachusetts proprietors
prior to 1741, probably on the site of the Farrar mills. To
carry grain ten miles to Townsend over the rough road was
burdensome, and a committee representing the town con-
tracted with John Chandler of Westford to build a sawmill
which should be "ready for service by the last of October.
1750, and the corn mill in October, 1751." In 1768 these mills
were purchased by Capt. Eleazar Cummings.
Zachariah Adams and John Breed built the mills in Mill
Village (now Smithville) as early as 1764. Though burned
at least three times, they have always been at once rebuilt and
constantly in use. The plant is now owned and used by
Charles Wheeler and sons.
Farrar's mill on Saw Mill Brook, built about 1790, was
first a gristmill. In 1816 a carding machine was added. The
mill privilege has been used by Hervey Batcheller, and later
by Warren Pratt for making cigar boxes. On the opposite
side of the road, and on the same stream, a mill was built
later for making potato starch, but it was not a financial suc-
cess. The name still clings to the beautiful little sheet of
water, and it has been the place where the boys of the village
have taken their first lessons in the art of swimming. In
1860-65 cotton batting was manufactured there. About 1870
Charles C. Bellows purchased the mill privilege and there
made washing machines, spring beds, and creasing machines.
After the death of Mr. Bellows, the work was carried on by
F. N. Gibson for many years. It is now used as a grist and
sawmill by W. D. Ashley, who has rebuilt the dam that he
may secure a larger and better amount of ice for sale in
summer.
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In 1776 a "Clothier's Works and Fulling Mill" was built
on the present site of the Waterloom mill. In 1800 it was
purchased by Ephraim Hartwell, who there made linseed oil,
and oatmeal for the druggists of Boston, who had previously
imported the article. This was done under the direction of
James Barr of Scotland. They also manufactured malt.
"Before the year 1800 John Putnam, under the patronage
of Ephraim Hartwell, commenced the manufacture of scythes.
He first had a trip-hammer at Mill Village, but later erected
the works down the stream." It is perhaps on this account
that the mill is spoken of as the "Old Iron Works." In 1810
the mill became a cotton factory, and in 1826 it was converted
into a sawmill. Bedsteads, washing machines, churns, etc., were
made there and many varieties of work which come under
the head of wood-turning. It is now owned by Albert F.
Walker & Son, who are developing a fine and growing
business.
About 1845 Charles Taylor built a sawmill and manufac-
tured doors, blinds, window sashes, chairs (cane seat), and
churns. The plant is now owned by Charles Hughes, who
uses it as a gristmill and also for wood-turning.
In the old sawmill Jonas Nutting and Stephen Sylvester
made wooden chairs, and also used it as a saw and gristmill.
Balch's mill, formerly Gibson's, built about 1800, is now
owned by A. L. Balch, who uses it as a sawmill and also does
wood-turning.
The Waterloom mill in Bank Village, a substantial brick
structure erected in 1821, was originally 84 feet long, 40 feet
wide, and three stories high, each story being ten feet high,
well lighted, and all in one room. Some years later the build-
ing was considerably enlarged. At first there was woven
sheeting, and later jeans and flannels, and a fine, heavy quality
of blue denim, which found a ready sale in foreign markets.
The Columbian Manufacturing Company bought the mill in
1855. In May, 1895, the building was condemned as unsafe,
was dismantled, and the machinery removed elsewhere. This
mill is said to have been the first one in New Hampshire in
which power looms were used.
The first mill at High Bridge went into operation about
1825, and was burned August 31, 1838, with an estimated loss
of $30,000. It was rebuilt and again destroyed by fire in
1872. In 1875-76 the present beautiful brick structure was
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erected and put in operation on the same site near the Souhe-
gan River, from which it largely derives its motive power.
This mill is 150 feet long, 60 feet wide, and five stories high,
with a picker-house and a cotton-house attached. A large and
handsome tower ornaments its front and affords a fine en-
trance to the building. At the present writing (1913), the
mill has 5800 spindles and 148 looms in operation, requiring
the employment of 80 hands. It is lighted by electricity, and
its whole equipment is up-to-date and of the most approved
kind. Men now run from sixteen to twenty looms where
formerly they could run only four looms. The mill uses 90
bales of cotton per week, which is converted into 800 cuts of
blue and mixed denim and striped cheviot. The plant has a
waterwheel of 300-horse power, and when the supply of water
is short, two engines in the basement of 250 and 80-horse
power keep the machinery in action. The mill is operated
almost without interruption, and at the present time is the
town's largest and strongest business enterprise. Careful re-
search shows that ten cotton mills have been operated in
town. At present there is only one, that at High Bridge.
"During the Revolution window glass was very scarce."
An establishment for its manufacture was started just over
the town line in Temple, but it was financed and directed by
New Ipswich men. At the close of the war glass was im-
ported at very low prices and the enterprise was financially
a failure, but its promoters have the glory of manufacturing
the first glass in America. There are many specimens of the
work to be found among the ancient treasures in our homes.
"A tanyard was very early established on the west side
of the Jo Kidder brook, and the north side of the road, where
the blacksmith's shop now stands. By whom the business
was carried on, I do not recollect. The building was after-
ward turned into a pottery establishment, and brown earthen-
ware was made and burned in a kiln there near the close of
the last century, after the suppression of the tannery." (T. F.,
I855-)
For many years the making of cigars was a prominent in-
dustry carried on by Stephen Thayer and Moses Brickett, who
each employed forty or fifty people, also there were several
smaller establishments.
Tinware was made by Sanders Bros., Albert Thayer,
Charles R. Fletcher, and others.
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Tradition tells us that at the "Forge" there were made
nails and stove-castings, and it is said that the iron fence
before the Barrett mansion was made there.
Bakehouse Village was so named because in 1785 Samuel
Batcheller had a bakery there. This business was carried on
there and in the Center Village by various parties until the
later years of the last century.
Among other manufactures in the past we may note :
broadcloths, satinet, velvets, ticking, Avagons, windows, doors,
chairs, carriages, blinds, coffins, printing-sticks, barrels,
matches, trunks, saddles, harness, shoes, hats, guns, earthen-
ware (1792), ink, essences, ashes (pot, 1795, and pearl), soap
(hard and soft).
Library
In 1793 a town library was established by subscriptions
and held in shares. This library of three or four hundred
volumes was burned in 1812.
In 1866 the women of New Ipswich, under the leadership
of Miss Caroline F. Barr, took measures to raise funds for a
public library. Former residents and all interested in the
town were asked to help us, and we used all means in our
power to raise money. At first we were given a room in the
Bank building, but when those quarters became too crowded
measures were taken to provide suitable accommodations
elsewhere, and the beautiful building which was first occu-
pied in 1895 is not only a delight to the eye but helpful to
the village as a rallying center for much that is both pleasura-
ble and uplifting.
We have a carefully selected and well-balanced library of
more than 6000 volumes ; a reading-room with best periodi-
cals; a fine reference library; a department for the children
with table and chairs of suitable size, games and periodicals
to attract them ; an Arts and Crafts department of more than
140 volumes; a Farmer's shelf; nature books in wide variety;
a well-chosen Biblical library; and the object of our greatest
pride, a case devoted to books written by natives or residents
of New Ipswich and containing more than 80 volumes. We
have complete files of the Farmers' Almanac for the last cen-
tury and catalogues of our Academy. The rooms are open
Wednesday and Saturday in the afternoon and evening.
Books can be taken out by anyone resident or visiting in the
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town, and there is no fee. The shelves are accessible to all,
a privilege highly prized by those who are accustomed to
select from a catalogue only.
In 1902 Mrs. Sarah (Fletcher) Hubbard left a bequest of
$4,000, $1,000 of which was to be spent at once for books;
her will named the committee who were to select them, and
the books purchased with this bequest were to be called "The
Helen Fletcher Collection" in memory of her sister. The
building was not large enough to accommodate this addition
ahd an annex was built and paid for by Prof. James Barr
Ames, who then paid the salary of the librarian.
William Boynton, a trustee, left $5,000 to the library, the
income to be used for books and periodicals. Samuel H.
Wentworth, a former student of the Academy, left $1,000 in
memory of his sister, Mrs. Lydia C. Wentworth Lee. Henry
Ames Blood, a former resident, left $10,000 in trust to his
widow for the use of the library. The recent deaths of mem-
bers of his household make this available for use so soon as
the estate is settled.
"An ideal village library in appearance, management, and
influence." The good done here cannot be overestimated and
it will go on.
Country Club
Our fathers, unwittingly it may be, chose a beautiful situ-
ation for the town of their care and hope. Standing nearly
at the base of the foothills, it combines the power and majesty
of the hills with the charm and beauty of the river and the
plain. When during the latter part of the last century dwell-
ers in city homes learned the value of country life in the sum-
mer, New Ipswich thus received her full share of guests. It
is said that one year there were six hundred summer so-
journers in town. Families who came here repeatedly became
so attached to the region that they purchased houses or farms
to be occupied in summer as homes. Thus a new element
came into our social life, and the young people must be
amused. A croquet ground was laid out in the Barrett mea-
dow, of such excellence that it received complimentary notice
in the New York Independent ; tennis courts were laid out
in the same field ; bath-houses built at the river.
Most important of all was the organization of the Souhegan
Country Club. In 1899 eight men bought the Jonas Woolson
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farm on "Sol Davis Hill," and they now lease it to the club.
The house, built in 1743, retains the vast fireplaces, the huge
chimney, and the steep and narrow stairs ; otherwise it has
been modernized most tastefully. The men's room is fitted
up in the fashion of an English grill-room. The view from
the lookout is one of the finest in this town of glorious views.
There are golf links and a tennis court. The clubhouse is
open for the entertainment of members and their friends every
Saturday during the summer, and daily through the month
of August, and is a delightful social center. There are more
than one hundred members, including people of neighboring
towns, and others who are interested in the life of New
Ipswich. The owners are Edward O. Marshall, Ralph E.
Parker, Frank W. Preston, and John Preston, of New Ipswich;
Frederic W. Ely and Herbert J. Taft of Greenville ; Simpson
C. Heald of Wilton ; and John W. Bemis of Temple.
The Children's Fair
Among all the reasons for our pride in our beloved town,
not the least is the fact that the Children's Fair was invented
here.
Rev. Calvin Cutler and Prof. E. T. Quimby of the Acad-
emy, while considering ways in which the children of the
Congregational church might be interested in the various
charities of the church, evolved the plan which later took
form as the Children's Fair. Each child was encouraged to
earn money during the summer. A boy had a space given
him for a garden where he raised vegetables or what he chose.
Girls had other ways of earning money, and later there was a
fancy table devoted to their contributions.
Wednesday in early October the large room under the
auditorium of the old church was open early in the morning.
The posters had said "Donors admitted free," and every child
had the proud consciousness of being a "Donor," spelling it
with a capital D. Each gift was labeled with a number, the
name of the giver, and the object to which the proceeds of
its sale were to be given. The vegetables and fruits were
placed on a broad table which extended nearly the length of
the room, to be seen and admired by all. Tables were laid
for a dinner, and at noon every seat was taken. The baked
beans, brown bread, cold meats, doughnuts, pumpkin pies,
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were all of the best quality and very tempting to the appetite
of those who had come perhaps from a neighboring town. At
another table sandwiches and food that could be taken in the
hand were provided for a nominal price for those who did
not go to the dinner table.
After dinner the children recited their "pieces," perhaps
written for the occasion, and dialogues and singing filled an
hour. Then came the event of the day — the Auction. Each
donation was held up on high by the auctioneer, bids were
called for and came thick and fast with good-natured rivalry
and fun. The day was given up to the children and they en-
joyed it to the full. On the Common the boys played base-
ball or kindred games, watched by many who were not in-
terested in the auction.
In more recent years similar fairs have been held in other
towns as they have seen the success of this original institution.
The first fair was held in 1862, and without a break they
have continued for more than fifty years. The amount of
money raised during that time for various benevolent objects
is $4,265, and it is distributed between twenty-eight different
charities, mostly out of town. These are the gifts. The good
gained by the givers cannot be reckoned here or in the present
years.
The Revere Bell
In 1815 a few individuals by private subscription raised
the sum of $593 for the purchase of a bell, which we have
recently learned was from the foundry of Paul Revere. The
following correspondence is of interest.
55 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston.
To the Town Clerk, New Ipswich, N. H.
Dear Sir: I am trying to trace the bells cast by Paul Revere, a
complete list of which has recently been found, contained in his old
stock-book.
In the year 1815 a bell weighing 1116 pounds was sold to the town
of New Ipswich, presumably hung in the parish church.
I shall be greatly obliged if you can ascertain for me whether this
bell is still in use, or if otherwise, when it was destroyed. Thanking
you in advance for this favor, I am
Yours very truly,
March 8, 1910. Arthut H. Nichols.
An answer to this letter was sent at once, saying that the
bell was destroyed when the church was burned. Dr. Nichols
answered as follows: ^^q
Miscellanies
„ ,, T3 March 14, 1910.
Dear Mr. Phelps : '
I am very grateful to you for your courteous reply to my inquiry
about the old Revere bell of New Ipswich. The very full and accurate
history given will be very helpful to me.
The bell was sold by Paul Revere May 2, 1815. its weight was
1089 pounds, that of its tongue 27 pounds.
You say that it was sweet-toned. I do not doubt that it was of
superior quality, for about that period Revere was casting his best bells,
and the weight of your bell was above the average. It is a pity to have
lost such a historic object. I shall take pleasure in mailing to you a
copy of my paper when published.
Yours very truly,
March 8, 1910. Arthur H. Nichols.
Cemeteries
The earliest cemetery was on the Farrar Hill opposite
the first meeting-house. In 1752 the Hill burying-ground
was laid out. In 1778 the South cemetery near Smithville
was devoted to the burial of the dead, and John Breed was
probably the first person buried there. The land for the Main
cemetery was bought in 1809 and Mrs. Elizabeth Appleton
was buried there in October of that year. Twice since then
needed additions have been made by the purchase of land in
the rear of the cemetery until now it comprises a territory of
about ten acres.
In 1849 public-spirited citizens, prominent among whom
were Mrs. Henry Isaacs and Dr. T. H. Cochrane, greatly im-
proved the appearance of the Main cemetery and for many
years it was attractive; but lacking the care that is needed
by all public domains, it grew to look neglected and unsightly.
In 1889 Capt. G. H. Hubbard had taken a lot for himself and
family, and he said 'T would give $300 toward improving that
place if anyone else would help." Finding that he meant
all that he said two women, Mrs. S. T. Ames and Miss Sarah
F. Lee, aided on some points by the wise advice of Mr. George
R. Barrett, took the matter in charge and within six months
the whole appearance of the cemetery was changed. A high
and long bank which had been deeply washed by rain was
turfed and made most beautiful. Trees were trimmed, shrubs
were cut down, thus revealing monuments which had been
concealed for years, tombs the walls of which were broken
were closed and made sanitary, headstones were cleaned and
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set in straight lines, and a quagmire was cleared and became
a beautiful pond. Funds for this work were contributed by
persons out of town whose relations are buried here. The
amount expended was more than $900, besides the first gift
of $300 and $200 given by the town.
Several citizens have left liberal amounts of money for
perpetual care of their lots.
It is hoped that the town will appoint a cemetery com-
mission as has been done in many places. In that case many
other lots would be left in care of the town.
In 1906-07 Prof. C. H. Chandler copied all the inscriptions
on the gravestones in the three cemeteries in the town. They
are arranged, indexed, and will eventually be given to the
town by his children. At that date there had been 1673 burials,
besides many that are not marked in any way.
Stearns Lecture Fund
In 1899 Capt. Albert Stearns of Syracuse, New York,
whose boyhood was passed here, gave the town $3,000 as a
fund, the income of which should be devoted to lectures and
entertainments, musical or otherwise. In 1907 Capt. Stearns
added $2,000 to the fund and again in 1912 another gift of
$2,000 was added to the endowment, making $7,000 in all.
These entertainments have been both instructive and amusing
and have given pleasure to large audiences.
Homestead Inn
Among the many charities of the present time there is no
one more beautiful than the sharing by fortunate ones of the
fresh air and sunlight of the country with those to whom it
is denied in the crowded city.
Some twenty years ago Rev. George J. Prescott, rector of
the Church of the Good Shepherd in Boston, purchased the
house formerly occupied by Rev. Richard Hall and later by
Mrs. Clary; members of his parish and others supplied money
for the needed changes and furnishings, and it became a house
of refuge for weary shopgirls and self-supporting women who
need the rest and tonic of quiet, fresh air, abundant food, and
social cheer. All this is given them for a nominal sum that
their self-respect may not be troubled. This summer vacation
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house receives thirty guests and sometimes a larger number.
Every Sunday morning there is an Episcopal service in the
little chapel, which is open to the people of the village who
wish to attend. Many a weary woman after spending a few
weeks here goes home cheered and refreshed and ready to
meet the work another year.
The New Ipstvich Colony in Iowa
In 1836 four families emigrated from this town and church
to Denmark in what was then Wisconsin Territory, now in
Iowa. Within a short time they were followed by eight other
families. They all carried with them the same standard of right
living and wise planning for the best interest of those who
should come after them that they had known here. Those
who "laid out the town of Denmark, which is three-fourths
of a mile square, into town lots for building, donated one-half
of those lots to the purpose of Education." In the building of
a church and of an academy they followed as closely as possi-
ble the example set by the founders of New Ipswich. This is
the oldest Congregational church in Iowa. They were early
known as champions of freedom. "Under the leadership of
their pastor, Rev. Asa Turner, they joined with others in the
election of Governor Grimes in 1854, which changed the politi-
cal history of Iowa and gave birth to the Republican party in
the nation."
Dr. Turner and Rev. Mr. Lee were classmates at Yale
College and lifelong friends. His pastorate continued for
thirty years ; and his influence led to Iowa the eleven young
men from Andover Seminary who formed the "Iowa Band,"
one of whom, their historian, was Rev. Ephraim Adams, a
son of New Ipswich.
Drinking Fountain
At the foot of turnpike hill, going west from the village,
is a drinking fountain for the use of horses and also of human
beings, with this inscription: "Presented to the town of
New Ipswich by Capt. John S. Hubbard of Concord, N. H.,
Sept. 12, 1893."
This generous "cup of cold water" is a blessing to those
who pass by and
"its draught
Of cool refreshment drained by fevered lips,"
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shall for many years invoke blessings on the head of the
giver.
Telegraph and Telephone
A telegraph line was established here in 1877.
A telephone line was built from Greenville to the Center
Village in 1901, by F. W. Preston, John Preston, Wilbur L.
Phelps, and Eugene B. Beard. They owned it for five years
and then sold the line to the New England Telegraph and
Telephone Co. It has been extended during the past few
years, having more than sixty subscribers here, so that it now
practically covers the town. {A. L. P.)
Sidewalks and Street Lights
Many years ago (1872) the wife of a minister who had just
come to the Congregational parsonage deplored, with abun-
dant reason, the absence of sidewalks in our village. Under
her active leadership in many and various ways money was
raised to make good sidewalks, to set out shade trees, and to
provide street lamps. Within a few years an association has
been organized to carry on this work still farther and several
dilapidated buildings have been purchased and taken down.
This Village Improvement Society has lately become an in-
corporated body capable of holding real estate, and as such
it has received the gift of Union Hall. It is hoped that the
rent of this hall will add materially to the income for various
uses.
The town now has charge of lighting the lamps.
PostoMce
A postofifice was established in New Ipswich in the autumn
of 1800. The following is the list of postmasters and the date
of appointment given by the Postofitice Department in Wash-
ington.
Samuel Batchelder Jan. 1, 1801.
Benjamin Champney Feb. 2, 1802.
Sampson Fletcher July 8, 1822.
Josiah W. Spaulding March 23, 1839.
Charles Hastings, Jr March 10, 1843.
Charles Chickening July 31, 1845.
Edward M. Isaacs April 23, 1849.
John Peabody Feb. 3, 1855.
John U. Davis July 23, 1855.
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John G. Leonard Oct. 24, 1857.
Charles A. Whitney May 31, 1861.
Henry O. Preston June 13, 1878.
Charles S. Brown Aug. 24, 1885.
Joseph E. F. Marsh, Jr Feb. 10, 1890.
Bessie M. Tarbell July 22, 1893.
Bessie M. T. Thompson .... June 29, 1896.
Bessie M. Gushing Sept. 27, 1909.
Samuel Batchelder had the office at his store in Bakehouse
(now Davis) Village. Benjamin Champney at first had the
office in his law office, a small building "situated under the
shade of a large willow tree on the north side of the road
just across the brook, near the late Dr. Barr's residence."
Later it was at the old corner store, and in 1822 was removed
to the house of Mr. Fletcher across the street.
Tradition tells us that Mr. Hastings had the office in the
building east of the Appleton Inn, formerly the apothecary's
shop of Dr. Preston. Mr. Chickering occupied a room in the
old hotel. Mr. Leonard had the office at the Nichols house
east of the old hotel ; Mr. Isaacs, at the old corner store, where
has been its abiding-place since 1861, so long that the stone
doorsteps have been hollowed by the tread of many feet. For
many years we have for such a small town been exceptionally
fortunate in our postal facilities, three mails each day to Bos-
ton and as many in return. A postal car on our branch rail-
road makes it possible for a letter to go from New Ipswich
to Chicago as quickly as would an individual.
In 1801 one letter was received. Who was the recipient
of this historic document? In 1913 the number of letters sent
away was approximately 30,000 and a much larger number
was received.
In 1884 a postoffice was established at Bank Village;
postmasters, Charles L. Tarbell, 1884-1895, Ida M. Frye,
1895-. In 1892 a postoffice was established at Smithville
(formerly Smith or Mill Village) ; postmasters, Lyman M.
Chandler, 1892-95, Carrie B. Chandler, May, 1895, Herbert W.
Chandler, December, 1895-.
Free Masons
Bethel Lodge, No. 24, A. F. & A. M., was in.stituted
in 1815, the members constituting it having been dismissed
from a lodge in Ashby. John Everett was the first master,
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and N. D. Gould was his successor. For many years their
meetings were held in what was long known as "Silver's
store." In 1903, through the untiring efforts of the late Frank
W. Preston, assisted by the generosity of Mrs. George R.
Barrett and others, the entire building was purchased and
fitted up in a way suitable for their needs and convenience.
Its members are few and widely scattered, and the scythe of
time has made sad inroads in the lodge during the past few
years. (A. L. P.)
Fire Department
Arthur E. Chase, chief of the fire department, states that
"the firemen number four engineers and seventy-eight men,
with three hand fire engines," and also that "the town com-
pared to its population is one of the best-equipped towns in
the state."
The Children's Oak
Nearly fifty years ago the building originally erected for
the use of the Methodist church and later occupied by the
Second Congregational church was purchased by the trustees
of the Academy and moved to the corner east of the girls'
dormitory to be used as a gymnasium. In the journey the old
oak tree beside the road was in the way and plans were made
to cut it down.
Mr. William Preston, with his reverence for the old land-
mark, felt that such a sacrilege should not be allowed, and he
at once purchased the tree of its owner, and added a touch
of sentiment by giving it to the children of the district school
nearby, thus ensuring its perpetual ownership and care.
Others older than the children are Mr. Preston's debtors for
this graceful conservation of an important unit in our forests.
Some years ago an expert estimated the age of the tree to
be more than 250 years, thus making it our oldest inhabitant.
The Children's Oak! may its beauty continue for other
centuries.
Portraits in the Tozvn Hail
A fine portrait of Judge Timothy Farrar was given the
town in 1870 by the widow of Hon. Charles G. Atherton and
it was hung in the town hall directly behind the speaker's
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desk. In 1895 Mr. Frank W. Preston and family gave several
other portraits of deceased citizens of the town. Others have
been added, until now the walls are well filled with pleasant
reminders of those who formerly were prominent in town
afifairs.
A list of them is given in the order in which they are
arranged.
Hon. Timothy Farrar Stephen Thayer
Rev. Samuel Lee Benjamin Champney
George Barrett John Preston
Henry O. Preston William A. Preston
George W. Wheeler, 2d. Frank W. Preston
Stephen Wheeler Charles R. Fletcher
Rodney Wallace Charles A. Whitney
Francis Prichard Nathan Sanders
William W. Johnson George Sanders
Peter H. Clark Albert Stearns
James Clark Isaac C. Stearns
John C. Hildreth George H. Hubbard
James Chandler Elihu T. Quimby
George C. Gibson Silas Bullard
Stillman Gibson Eli Foster
Samuel Gibson George C. Campbell
Census Returns
The Department of Commerce and Labor gives the census
returns oi population for the town as follows :
1790 1,241 1860 1,701
1800 1,266 1870 1,380
1810 1,395 1880 1,222
1820 1,278 1890 969
1830 1,673 1900 911
1840 1,578 1910 927
1850 1,877
Valuation of Nezv Ipswich, 1914.
Number of polls, 222, value $22,200.00; improved and unimproved
land and buildings, value $576,460.00; number of horses, 184, value
$23,402.00; mules, 4, value $680.00; oxen, 6, value $660.00; cows, 294,
value $13,196.00; neat stock, 25, value $873.00; sheep, 4, value $24.00;
hogs, 11, value $144.00; fowls, 1156, value $891.00; vehicles and auto-
mobiles, value $7,529.00; stock in trade, value $29,802.00; money on hand,
at interest, or on deposit, $14,145.00; mills and machinery, value
$138,842.00; undesignated buildings, value $12,400.00. Total valuation,
$841,248.00. Soldiers' exemption, $4,250.00. Rate percent on $1000, $12.30.
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Maps of New Ipswich
Map of New Ipswich
INDEX TO NUMBERS.
1
School-house No. 9.
50
Ramsdell, Willis
2
Brooks
51
Lahtanen
3
Brooks, Walton
52
Nykanen
4
Maxwell
53
Nelson, C.
5
Brooks, A. N.
54
Davis Bros.
6
Harris
55
Davis, Gardner
7
Sylvester
56
Whitney, W. D.
8
Emerson
57
French, Orren
9
Taylor, Jona.
58
Russell, C. L.
10
Tenney
59
Davis, Edward H.
11
Tenney
60
Hosmer
12
Tenney
61
Hodgman, Lewis
13
Hill, A. A.
62
Tracy
14
School-house No. 6.
63
School-house No. 3.
15
Tenney
64
"Wheeler Tavern"
16
Carlton
65
Winship and Hodgman
17
Chandler, J. L.
66
Barrett, Charles
18
Underwood
67
Wheeler, Seth
19
Chandler
68
Davis, Solomon
20
Knowlton
69
Woolson. (Country Club)
21
Wheeler
70
Preston, W. E.
22
Chandler, Roger
71
Preston, John
23
Page
72
First Church
24
Herskanen, John
73
First Burial Ground
25
Conant
74
Wolcott, J.
26
Wheeler, John
75
Sargent, G. W.
27
Blanchard, William
76
Bucknam, W. T.
28
Collins, J.
77
Thayer, W. S.
29
Parmenter, 0.
78
Jones, F. W.
30
Goen
79
Adams, Zachariah
31
Chamberlain
80
Hildreth, J. B.
32
Collins, J.
81
South Burial Ground
33
Mansfield Bros.
82
Erickson, H.
34
Breed
83
Nelson
35
Jaquith, G. R.
84
Wheeler, R.
36
Wilkerson, C.
85
Sawmill
37
Kivela
86
Aho, John
38
Jaquith. G. R.
87
Finnish Hall
39
Siren, J.
88
Lampi, M.
40
Whitney, Newton
89
Lampi
41
Johnson, Nile
90
Jalkanen, Aron
42
Mansfield, A. F.
91
Walker, S. B.
43
Perry, C. R.
92
Nelson, C.
44
Willard, Leon
93
Parmenter, J.
45
School-house No. 4.
94
Farwell, D.
46
Linna, Matti
95
Farwell, D.
47
Matson, Matti
,96
Antilla, A.
48
Ramsdell, Daniel
97
Kaiku, K.
49
Warren
98
Finnish Church
160
SHARON
A5HBURNHAM
ASHBY
Map of New Ipswich
INDEX TO NUMBERS.
99 Somero, L.
100 Somero, L.
101 Locke
102 Gedenberg, M.
103 School-house No. 7.
104 Wheeler, G. S.
105 Wheeler, G. W.
106 School-house
107 Burrows
108 Kasti, Peter
109 Lougee
110 Lougee
112 Lougee
113 Coleman
114 Davis, W. E.
115 Aho, Emanuel
116 Aho, Isaac
117 Cutter
118 Cutter
119 Drywood
120 Mastin
121 Tenney, Alfred
122 Tenney, Barnard
123 Jowders, Fred
124 Chickering
125 Tenney, O.
126 Sawyer, C E.
127 Flagg
128 Bourgault
129 Bourgault
130 Phillipi, John
131 Tenney, A. R.
132 Knowlton, J. C.
133 School-house No. 2.
134 Somero, J.
135 Abbott, Reuben
136 Parker, Ralph E.
137 Wilson
138 Wilson, Isaac
139 Tenney, O.
140 Wilson
141 Stowell, H. B.
142 Stowell, H. B.
143 Stowell, H. B.
144 Matilla
145 Prindle
146 Rafuse, H. C.
147 Ashley, W. D.
148 Withington, H.
149 Appleton, Isaac (1756)
150 Molloy
151 Chandler, G. W.
152 Kidder, Reuben
153 Boynton, Earl
154 Peavey
155 Boynton, Earl
156 Gould, John
157 Gordon, Robert
158 "Peppermint Tavern"
159 Leel, David
160 Brown
161 Walton
162 Brown, H.
163 Kaskine, E.
164 School-house No. 8.
165 Proctor's Mills
166 Proctor, A. J.
167 Blakey
168 Hanson, E.
169 Frederick, E.
170 Hood, Helen
171 Wilder Chair Shop
172 Wallace, G. R.
173 Nichols, W. K.
174 Carr, Ezra
175 Miller
176 School-house No. 10
177 Spaulding
178 Wright
179 Carr, Emory
180 Carr, James
181 Thayer, W. S.
182 Salo, Peter
183 Aldrich, I. E.
184 Taft, H. J.
185 Jones, F.
186 Gibson, F.
187 Putnam, R.
188 Balch's Mills
189 Walker, A. L.
190 Corbett
191 Walker's Mills
192 Antilla
193 Sawmill
12
161
CENTER VILLAGE
^kurcd
N
Engine House
0
Old Burial Ground
P
Old Meiting House
Q
School House
R
BritK School House
S
Union Hall
T
Bank
U
Library
V
Old Corner Store
M
Clarks Hotel
X
^ppteton In/1
Y
Masonit Hall
Z
BlacksmiTh Shop
Index to Map
MAP OF CENTER VILLAGE.
1
Palme
36
Barr, C. F.
2
Brown
37
Champney, E. & B. (office)
3
Perrin
38
Homestead Inn
4
Gordon, P. F.
39
Fox, E. M.
5
Cummings, J. W.
40
Barr, C. F.
6
Ames, R.
41
Brooks, H. M.
7
Spofford, H.
42
Farwell, H. E.
8
Ames
43
Chandler, J. C.
9
Gushing, F. A.
44
Pratt, C. H.
10
Roger, J.
45
Hudson, D.
11
Preston, J.
46
Prescott, G. J.
12
Davis, J.
47
Champney, H. T.
13
Taylor, M.
48
Phillips, J. W.
14
Congregational Parsonage
49
Wilson, W. H.
15
Lowe, G. N.
50
Pratt, W. H.
16
Hardy, G. H.
51
Hardy, F. E.
17
Obear, C. H.
52
Phelps, W. L.
18
Taylor, E. M.
53
Russell, M. A.
19
Gould, E. L.
54
Travis, A. L.
20
Knowlton, C. L.
55
Robinson, E. M.
21
Barrett, G. R.
56
Hudson, E. M.
22
Barr, L. M.
57
Thompson, W. R.
23
Tucker, E. L.
58
Barnett, J.
24
Parker, E. M.
59
Thayer
25
Batcheller, H.
60
Royce, H. S.
26
Farwell, E. H.
61
Wheeler, J. A.
27
Coleman
62
Balch, M. M.
28
McKown
63
Wright, A. F.
29
Preston, F. W.
64
Hastings, G. W.
30
Brown, C. S.
65
Lawrence, E. A.
31
Hardy, L. M. P.
66
Beard, E. B.
32
Tidder
67
Silver
33
Lee, S. F.
68
Whitney
34
Pollard
69
Presby
35
Kayser
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SMITH VILLA
A
8
C
0
C
F
G
<Scal« inf««t
School House No
Whe«ler4 Mill
6lacksmith Shop
Engine House
Storo and Post Off
Blonchards Mil
Hughes Mill
N
<y
•va 5a..
164
Indexes to Maps
MAP OF BANK AND HIGH BRIDGE VILLAGES.
1
Heywood, S. M.
2
Marshall, E. 0.
3
Tabraham
4
Knight, D.
5
Johnson's Store
6
Tarbell, M. H.
7
Goldsmith, A. A,
8
Muzzey, E.
9
Vincent, P.
10
Fournier
11
Belanger, A.
12
Taylor, B. G.
13
Vincent, J.
14
Fortin, Louis
15
Rochon, A.
16
Chouinard, L.
17
Fontaine, J.
18
Duval, D.
1
Taylor
2
Ferrin, A.
3
Chandler, A. E.
4
Davis, R. H.
5
Gushing, G.
6
Blanchard, E. F.
7
Wheeler, C.
19
Brunault, F.
20
Fournier, E.
21
Barrett, J.
22
Ely
23
Whiting
24
Tindall
25
Moore
26
Clark
27
Corporation boarding house
28
Wilson
29
Corporation
30
Corporation
31
Corporation
32
Corporation
33
Corporation
34
Bourgault
35
Bourgault
36
Bourgault
[ VILLAGE.
8
Wheeler, E. R.
9
Hendrickson
10
Hughes, C.
11
Blanchard, G.
12
Hildreth, J. L.
13
Howe, G.
14
Shirland
166
Genealogical
INTRODUCTION.
After my father's death, when the question of the com-
pletion of the History of New Ipswich came up, it was under-
stood that he had said that is was "nearly done." It was, so
far as the gathering of available data was concerned, but it
was Hke the gathering of threads which were dropped before
the knot was tied.
My father had often mentioned the invaluable aid given
him in this work by Miss Lee, and accordingly she was asked
if she would undertake the completion of the historical part,
to which she consented. It seemed best that I should take up
the genealogical part, and I did so. I found that many
families had been written up in great detail, (full data having
been received,) with the probable intention of future conden-
sation to proportions suitable for this book. Other families
had been partially written up awaiting further data, while a
large number of families had not yet been written up at all
because of a lack of authentic data. As a result, some of the
families have not received here the attention justly due their
importance in the town.
Even the completed work was found to need careful re-
vision, for old age leaves its marks on the works of one's
hands and brain, such as the exchange of figures in copying
dates, but these and other mistakes we have endeavored to
discover and remove. The task of a genealogist is not an
easy one ; in many cases people to whom letters requesting
information about their families are sent reply six months or
a year later saying that they know nothing of the family, but
that perhaps a certain cousin can give the information, and
then another six months may bring a similar answer from the
cousin ; in other cases someone apparently very much inter-
ested in the genealogy may give data showing that his aunt
was married at the age of two years, died twenty years before
she was born, or some other equally impossible combination
of dates; less absurd errors will often pass undetected. It
has not been possible to avoid all mistakes in such a work
as this, but lenience is besought in the criticism of what may
be found amiss.
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In writing a town genealogy there are manifold questions
as to how much should be included. It was decided to insert
no family unless two generations of voters bearing that name
had resided here. This rule eliminated several who, though
living here but a few years, were marked factors in the town's
history, but some line had to be drawn. To many readers
the ancestry of residents of the town has very little interest,
but to the historian and genealogist it is of great value ; so
the ancestors of each family name have been inserted as far
as they could be discovered.
I wish to thank Miss Sarah Fiske Lee for her aid, without
which this work would have been impossible. Miss Caroline
F. Barr for her generous support of the work, the other mem-
bers of the Town Historical Committee, and many others who
have given aid in gathering the material for this book.
Edith B. Chandler.
Springfield, Missouri,
September 20, 1913.
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GENEALOGICAL RECORDS OF PRINCIPAL
NEW IPSWICH FAMILIES
ADAMS (Henry).
Adams was a common name among the early colonists in New Eng-
land, and descendants of three seventeenth-century immigrants bearing
that name are found in New Ipswich.
Henry^ Adams is believed to have come to Boston with his wife,
eight sons, and a daughter in 1632 or 1633, and to have settled at "Mount
Wollaston" in what was afterward the town of Braintree, where he died
Oct. 6, 1646. His wife's name is not known.
Thomas' (Henry'), b. England, 1612; d. Chelmsford, July 20, 1688;
m. Braintree, 1642, Mary Blackmore (?). He removed to Concord in
1646, and settled in what is now the west part of Chelmsford in 1650
or a little later. He held nearly all the important town offices and rep-
resented the town in the General Court.
Samuel" (Henry'), b. England, 1617; d. Chelmsford, Jan. 24, 1688/9;
m. (1) Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Graves [d. Oct. 8, 1662 or 1664];
(2) May 7, 1668, Esther, dau. of Nathaniel Sparhawk of Cambridge
[d. Nov. 4, 1745]. Resided in Charlestown, later removed to Concord,
thence to Cambridge.
Timothy* (Thomas^ Henry*), b. Concord, Feb. 15, (or Apr. 2,)
1648; d. Chelmsford, July 1, 1708; m. Mary .
Joseph' (Samuel^ Henry'), b. Nov. 27, 1672; d. Jan. 22, 1717; m.
Mary . Resided at Chelmsford.
Thomas* (Timothy', Thomas*, Henr/), b. Chelmsford, 1675; d.
Dunstable, Feb. 18, 1746; m. Judith [b. 1680; d. Apr. 15, 1754]. He
was a carpenter and passed most of his life in Dunstable. Three of his
sons came to New Ipswich.
Benjamin* (Joseph*, Samuel', Henry'), b. Dec, 1701; d. Oct. 30,
1738 or 1739; m. Olive . Resided in Chelmsford.
1. Stephen^ (Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, Henry^), b.
Chelmsford, Feb. 5, 1715 ; d. Andover, Vt., Aug. 3, 1801 ; m.
Rebecca [b. 1715; d. Andover, Vt., Sept. 29, 1813]. He
is said to have come to New Ipswich about 1750, but the
reputed places of birth of his children would indicate that
he was not a permanent resident until some years later. He
is believed to have lived for a time a little north of the
present site of the Congregational church near the place long
occupied by Stedman Houghton, and also for a time near
the south line of the town on the place long known as the
Blanchard farm, (84, A. D.) In 1771 he bought land in Hollis
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and perhaps lived there for a time before his final removal
to Andover, Vt, Children — the first nine born at Dunstable,
the last three at New Ipswich :
4. i. Stephen, b. Dec. 29, 1738. He was of New Ipswich in 1769,
when he sold land to Oliver Wright ; he was in Capt.
Ezra Towne's company at Bunker Hill and served later
in the Revolutionary struggle, becoming lieutenant, but the
number of soldiers bearing the same name makes his
record somewhat indefinite.
5. ii. Civil, b. Nov. 23, 1740.
6. iii. Olive, b. Jan. 25, 1742/3.
7. iv. Silas, b. June 8, 1745. +
8. V. Levi, b. Apr. 2, 1747.+
9. vi. Phinehas, b. Oct. 15, 1749. He was a member of Capt.
Towne's company, also it has been said that he was killed
at Bunker Hill ; but as his name is found upon a receipt
signed by the members of that company in the following
October, it would seem that he survived that battle and
served later in the war, as given on the rolls of Capts.
Briant and Brown.
10. vii. Rebecca, b. Jan. 2, 1752.
11. viii. Hannah, b. Nov. 8, 1754.
12. ix. Jane, b. Nov. 28, 1756.
13. X. Jonas, b. Aug. 18, 1758.+
14. xi. Luther, b. about 1760.
15. xii. A son, name not given.
2. Zachariah^ (Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, Henry^), b.
Chelmsford, Nov. 5, 1718; m. Anna . He lived in Dunsta-
ble in 1744, but was in New Ipswich before 1754 and built a
sawmill, probably at Smithville. He lived near Hodgkins
corner, his house being at the north end of lot X : 3, S. R.,
a few rods west of the brook and perhaps twenty rods west
of the present road to Smith Village, but upon an old road
running in nearly a westerly direction which has long ago
disappeared. He sold sixty acres to Eleazer Cummings in
1773 and his name disappears about that time.
3. Thomas^ (Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^ Henry^), b.
Dunstable, 1727; d. West Windsor, Vt., June 9, 1800; m. Ruth
Eliot [b. 1730; d. West Windsor, Vt, Feb. 4, 1806]. He was
at New Ipswich as early as 1754, but left little to tell his
history. He removed to Andover, Vt., and thence to West
Windsor, Vt, where he seems to have been more in evidence,
as he was listed higher than any of his fellow-townsmen in
1782, Children — the first three born at Dunstable, and the
later two at New Ipswich:
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16. i. Ruth, b. Dec. 19, 1749; d. Jan. 21, 1826; m. about 1771,
Simeon Bullard (G. 3).
17. ii. Phebe, b. Dec. 31, 1752.
18. iii. Abel, b. Feb. 25, 1755.+
19. iv. Isaac, b. May 9, 1761.-f-
20. V. JuDAH, b. Mar. 12, 1764.
7. SiLAS^ (Stephen^ Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^,
Henry^), b. June 8, 1745 ; m. Susanna . He is said to have
given Revolutionary service, but his name does not appear
upon the roll of any New Ipswich company. It appears,
however, as that of one of the Committee of Safety at Dun-
stable in 1776-77, and the record of his children's births in
the town ceases during the time of the war, although one
birth in 1777 is found in another record. It may be inferred,
therefore, that he returned to his native town and made that
his home during those years. In 1786 Silas and Susanna "of
New Ipswich" sold land to John Pratt, Jr., and his name is
not found after 1788. Children — born in New Ipswich:
21. i. Susanna, b. Jan. 30, 1772.
22. ii. Jane, b. Jan. 27, 1775.
23. iii. Rebecca, b. Jan. 20, 1777.
24. iv. Hannah, b. May 29, 1783.
25. V. Sibil, b. May 19, 1785.
26. vi. Lydia, b. Jan. 18, 1788.
8. Levi^ (Stephen^, Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^, Henry^),
b. Apr. 2, 1747; m. (1) Mary Abecca Perry; (2) Lydia Patch.
He was in Capt. Towne's company, and at different times
served to the extent of four and one-half years during the
war. He removed to Rindge, thence to Andover, Vt., and
Ludlow, Vt. Children — those of the first marriage, seven in
number, a part born in New Ipswich and a part in Rindge,
those of the second marriage at Andover, Vt. :
27. i. Becca, b. Mar. 19, 1772.
28. ii. Asenath, b. June 13, 1774; d. Milton, Vt., 1860; m. (1)
Thomas Chandler of Chester, Vt. ; (2) Oct. 29, 1812, Lynde
Sargent, also of Chester. Three children.
29. iii. Abigail, b. Apr. 23, 1776.
30. iv. Rhoda, b. Feb. 18, 1778 (?): d. Proctorsville, Vt, Feb. 5,
1873; m. Aug. 10, 1796, David Dickinson. Ten children.
31. V. Phinehas, b. July 24, 1782; d. Moriah, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1838;
m. Apr. 24, 1809, Hannah Kibling. Seven children.
32. vi. Ebenezer, d. aged eighteen years.
33. vii. James, b. Apr. 5, 1789; d. Feb. 22, 1885; m. Apr. 28, 1817,
Nancy Pingry of Shrewsbury, Vt.
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Charles, d. unm.
Mary Abecca, d. unm.
RoxANNA, b. Oct. 22, 1802; m. Oct., 1824, Reuben Emery of
Ludlow, Vt.
Lydia, d. unm.
Stillman.
Dorcas, m. Otis Archer of Bridgewater, Vt.
13. JoNAS^ (Stephen^, Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^,
Henryi), b. Aug. 18, 1758; m. Phebe Hoar (9). He also is
said to have been wounded at Bunker Hill and to have re-
ceived a pension in his later years ; but as his name does not
appear upon Capt. Towne's roll, it is probable that the wound
was received during one of the later terms of service credited
to him. He removed to Jaffrey in 1784, and later to Andover,
Vt., where he died. Children :
40. i. Lucy C, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 22, 1784; d. Westminster,
Vt., Feb. 4, 1813; m. Dec, 1803, Cyrus Dickinson. Two
children.
41. ii. Jerry, b. Jaf?rey, Aug. IS, 1785; d. Weston, Vt., Dec. 20,
1873; m. Feb. 21, 1816, Dorcas Austin. He represented
Weston in the legislature, and was a captain. Five children.
42. iii. Jonas, b. Jaffrey, Aug. 25, 1785; d. Sept. 28, 1790.
43. iv. Phinehas, b. Jaffrey, Oct. 20, 1789; d. Dec. 18, 1845; m.
Feb. 5, 1813, Rebecca Gibson. He lived in Grafton, Vt.,
and Ludlow, Vt.
44. V. Molly, b. Jaffrey, Sept. 2, 1791; d. Weston, Vt., Mar. 15,
1857, unm.
45. vi. Nancy, b. Jaffrey, Feb. 25, 1794; m. Mar. 9, 1814, James
Estabrook. Settled in Elizabethtown, N. Y., and removed
thence to Iowa. Ten children.
46. vii. AcHSA, b. Andover, Oct. 29, 1799; d. Apr. 8, 1879; m. July
26, 1818, David Austin. Six children.
Laura, b. Andover, Apr. 18, 1802; d. June 1, 1879, unm.
Alvin, b. Andover, June 16, 1804; d. Watertown, Mass.,
Sept. 1, 1877; m. Nov. 10, 1831, Ann Rebecca Bridge of
Boston. He was founder of the Adams Express Company.
Stillman, b. Andover, Aug. 26, 1806; d. Apr. 10, 1807.
Orson, b. Andover, Dec. 13, 1807; d. South Boston, Nov. 7,
1869; m. July 28, 1834, Cynthia Prescott. He lived in
South Boston.
14. Luther*' (Stephen^, Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas^
Henryi), ^ about 1760; d. Jan. 12, 1842; m. Oct. 2, 1792,
Fanny, dau. of Josiah and Esther Stanford of Dublin. He
lived in Dublin and removed thence to Weston, Vt., about
1802. Children — the first four born before the removal :
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51. i. Polly, b. Jan. 8, 1793; d. Apr. 13, 1877; m. Mar., 1816,
Robert Nichols. She lived in Concord, Vt., where she died.
52. ii. James, b. Aug. 2, 1795 ; d. young.
53. iii. Luther, b. Nov. 6, 1796; d. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Aug. 8, 1878;
m. Mar. 20, 1822, Ada Brow^n. He settled in Littleton,
N. H., but later lived at St. Johnsbury. Nine children.
54. iv. SiRENE, b. Apr. 1, 1801; d. North Littleton, N. H., Apr. 13,
1841 ; m. Ira Casvv^ell. Five children.
55. v. Elvira, b. Mar. 30, 1803; d. Fond du Lac, Wis.; m. Mar.
20, 1828, Daniel Howe. Four children.
56. vi. Mercy, b. June 3, 1805; d. June 7, 1840; m. Levi Ball of
Concord, Vt. Removed to Sutton, Vt., in 1839. Four
children.
18. Abel'' (Thomas^ Thomas*, Timothy^ Thomas-,
Henryi), b. Feb. 25, 1755; d. July 12, 1821; m. Feb. 2, 1780,
Hannah Proctor of Dunstable. He lived at West Windsor,
Vt. Children :
57. i. Hannah, b. Dec. 20, 1783; d. Feb. 13, 1826; m. Mar. 23, 1802,
Bezaleel Bridge of Windsor.
58. ii. John, an adopted son, b. June 4, 1785.
19. Isaac'' (Thomas^, Thomas*, Timothy^, Thomas'^
Henryi), b. May 9, 1761; d. Nov. 12, 1824; m. Nov. 7, 1780,
Mary Blanchard of Ashby. He served in the Revolution, but
his record is somewhat difficult to ascertain, as there were
two soldiers bearing the name. Afterward settled at West
Windsor, Vt. Children — all born at West Windsor:
59. i. Isaac, b. May 3, 1784; d. May 23, 1784.
60. ii. John, b. Aug. 27, 1785 ; d. May 27, 1792.
61. iii. Isaac, b. Sept. 7, 1787; d. June 19, 1789.
62. iv. Polly, b. Jan. 13, 1790; d. May 6, 1855; m. Feb. 4, 1808, Daniel
Wetherby.
63. v. Ruth, b. May 3, 1792; d. Nov. 19, 1840, unm.
64. vi. Phebe, b. May 4, 1794; d. Aug. 8, 1845.
65. vii. Abel, b. Jan. 17, 1797.
66. viii. Ira, b. Sept. 6, 1799; m. Mar. 6, 1823, Hannah Robinson.
67. ix. JuDES, b. Feb. 17, 1802; m. (1) Jan. 7, 1819, Elijah Robinson
of Windsor, Vt. ; (2) Woodward.
Oliver* (Benjamin', Joseph^ Samuel', Henry^), b. Oct. 27, 1729; m.
Dec. 2, 1756, Rachel Proctor of Chelmsford. He lived in Chelmsford
and was a Revolutionary soldier.
Oliver" (Oliver^ Benjamin^ Joseph^ Samuel", Henry*), b. Jan. 7,
1767; d. Rindge, Dec. 28, 1813; m. Betsey Marshall of Chelmsford. Re-
sided in Chelmsford and in Rindge.
Marshall' (Oliver*, Oliver^ Benjamin^ Joseph^ SamueP, Henry'), b.
Rindge, Mar. 14, 1801 ; m. May 9, 1826, Sarah G., dau. of Thaddeus and
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Dorothy (Coolidge) Richards of Rindge. He was a woolen manufac-
turer at New Boston and later a farmer ; deacon in the Presbyterian
church.
68. Joseph G.^ (Marshall^ 01iver^ Oliver^ Benjamin*,
Joseph^ SamueP, Henry^), b. Dec. 12, 1836; m. May 10, 1858,
Martha W., dau. of Samuel and Martha (Stone) Perry. He
was a merchant in Natick, Mass., whence he came to New
Ipswich in 1878, and conducted the "Corner store" for a few
years.
69. Eugene Francis^ (Joseph G.^ Marshall^ 01iver^
Oliver^ Benjamin^ Joseph^, SamueP, Henry^), b. Natick,
Mass., Oct. 14, 1859; m. 1892, Annie P., dau. of William P.
Felch [d. Sept. 9, 1896]. He left New Ipswich in 1883 and
has since been in the grain business at Manchester except
during three years passed upon a cattle ranch in Nebraska.
He was town clerk in 1882. Child :
70. i. Beulah, b. Mar. 9, 1894.
It should perhaps be added that this family of patriotic instincts is
the same as that of those patriots in higher positions, President John
Adams and his cousin Samuel, the line of descent being as follows:
Henry,' Joseph', Joseph', John', President John'.
ADAMS (Robert).
Robert' Adams, b. 1602; d. probably Oct. 12, 1682; m. (1) Eleanor
(Wilmot?) [d. June 12, 1677]; (2) Feb. 6, 1678, Sarah (Glover), widow of
Henry Short [d. Oct. 24, 1697]. In 1635 he with wife and two children
came to Ipswich, where he was a tailor, but in 1640 he was at Newbury,
where he obtained a large farm and other property.
Abraham' (Robert'), b. Salem, 1639; d. Newbury, Aug., 1714; m.
Nov. 10, 1670, Mary, dau. of Richard and Joanna (Ingersoll) Pettengell
[b. July 6, 1652; d. Sept., 1705].
IsAAc^" (Abraham', Robert'), b. Newbury, Feb. 26, 1678/9; d. 1738/9;
m. (pub. Feb. 24, 1707) Hannah, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Burpee)
Spofford of Rowley [b. Feb. 12, 1684; d, Sept. 3, 1775]. He was a weaver
and afterward a farmer in Rowley and in Boxford successively.
Isaac' (Isaac', Abraham', Robert'), b. Rowley, May 25, 1713; d. Mar.
20, 1797; m. Apr. 1, 1743, Mary (or Mercy), dau. of Dr. David Wood
[b. 1720; d. 1794]. He settled at Boxford in 1738, where he was select-
man fourteen years, representative four years, and captain.
David' (Isaac', Isaac', Abraham', Robert'), b. Boxford, June 20,
1747; d. Nov. 17, 1831; m. May 5, 1773, Phebe, dau. of Dea. Abner
and Sarah (Coleman) Spofford of Byfield [b. Jan. 6, 1757; d. Feb. 17,
1822]. He settled in Rindge at about the time of his marriage. He
served in the Revolution, and was afterward captain in the militia.
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1. MooDY« (Dav^d^ Isaac*, Isaac^ Abraham^ Robert^), b.
Rindge. Mar. 25, 1784; d. Feb., 1868; m. Jan. 18, 1814, Betsey,
dan. of Samuel and Elizabeth Batchelder (24). His name ap-
pears upon the New Ipswich records not very long- after he
reached the age of twenty-one, but he may not have become
a permanent resident until the time of his marriage. He lived
in the Center Village the succeeding three years, and then for
twenty years was proprietor of the "Peppermint Tavern,"
leaving it only when the changed methods of travel had left
no patronage. During the remainder of his life he lived in
the Center Village, nearly opposite the Barrett mansion, and
for a few years was associated in business with Isaac Sander-
son at the slaughter-house occupied for that purpose for many
years near the foot of the old Meeting-house Hill. Children :
2. i. Elizabeth Woodbury, b. Sept. IS, 1815; d. Oct. 29, 1885, unm.
3. ii. William Moody, b. Feb. 9, 1818; d. Oct. 3, 1826.
4. iii. Myra Jane, b. Sept. 9, 1823 ; d. Oct. 12, 1826.
5. iv. Myra Jane, b. Feb. 18, 1828; d. Mar. 30, 1890; m. Jan. 8,
1852, George Boyden (2). They lived for some years in
the neighboring house, and then removed to Washington,
D. C
6. V. William Moody, b. June 18, 1830; d. Oct. 30, 1830.
ADAMS (William).
William^ Adams, b. Shropshire, England, Feb. 3, 1594; d. 1661. He
came to America in 1628; was at Cambridge in 1635 or earHer; freeman
in 1639; removed to Ipswich, Mass., before 1642, probably living in the
part which is now Hamilton. His widow was living in 1681, but her
name is not known.
Nathaniel' (William^), b. Ipswich, 1642; d. Apr. 11, 1715; m. June
30, 1668, Mercy, dau. of Thomas Dickinson of Rowley, Mass. [d. Dec. 12,
1735]. It is possible that he was the son of William", and grandson of
William\ and that all the following generation numbers should be one
larger.
Thomas^ (Nathaniel', William'), b. June 14, 1672; d. Oct. 14, 1729;
m. Bethiah [d. Jan. 12, 1742].
Thomas' (Thomas', Nathaniel', William'), b. Aug. 31, 1699; d. 1765;
m. Apr. 17, 1722, Deborah, dau. of Thomas and Margery (Goodhue)
Knowlton [b. Dec. 31, 1698; m. (2) Feb. 6, 1770, William Wigglesworth
of that part of Ipswich which is now Hamilton, in which Thomas Adams
had also lived]. He was early interested in the settlement of New
Ipswich, having two eighty-acre lots under the Massachusetts grant, which
he probably lost, but he held five shares under the Masonian charter,
giving him a title to more than two square miles of land, upon 240 acres
of which, at least, his sons were the original settlers.
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1. Ephraim^ (Thomas^ Thomas^ Nathaniel, William^),
bapt. Oct. 18, 1724; d. Alar. 26, 1797; m. (1) Apr. 6, 1749,
Lydia Kinsman [b. about 1728; d. Nov. 5, 1760] ; (2) Nov. 18,
1761, Rebecca, dau. of James and Elizabeth (Burnap) Locke
[b. May 13, 1735; d. 1822]. He was a soldier against the
French about 1746, and after his return from service was
married and came to New Ipswich, probably at the same time
as his brother Benjamin, and settled upon N. D.. 21, where
his house, built at that early period, is still standing, another
house of more recent construction having been added to it
at the west side. This house was surrounded by "flankers"
for protection against the Indians. There is, however, no
tradition of their having been attacked, and in 1757 the town
voted not "to repair Mr. Adam's flankers in order for defence."
He was a leading citizen and had great influence in public
matters, due not only to his sound sense but also to the clear
and quaint methods in which his views were presented. He
was not elected to oflice as frequently as his brother, being a
selectman for only a single year, but he was relied upon in
times of special stress. He represented the town in the Pro-
vincial Congress and for five years in the state legislature,
was chairman of the Committee of Inspection, Correspondence
and Safety when it was first chosen, and also at a later time
when its duties were very arduous and its power was necessa-
rily almost dictatorial, so that skilful management was almost
as essential as earnest purpose ; and in general his record bears
the mark of a conscientious, patriotic, and well-balanced man.
He also served in the field, but evident carelessness in the com-
pany rolls makes it impossible to determine with certainty
between his name and that of his oldest son. There seems
to be no doubt, however, that he was in Capt. Smith's com-
pany at the battle of White Plains. He was one of the two
deacons elected at the organization of the church. Children :
3. i. Ephraim, b. Dec. 26, 1749.+
4. ii. Thomas, b. Sept. 12, 1751; d. Oct. 11, 1820; m. Dec. 18, 1777,
Molly Farnsworth [b. about 1756; d. June 24, 1842]. He
served in the Revolution, and probably v^^as the one bearing
the name upon the company roll of Capt. Abijah Smith or
of Capt. Francis Tovime or of both.
5. iii. Stephen, b. Nov. 6, 1753. He is said to have enlisted from
Rindge in the company of Capt. Philip Thomas in 1775,
but identification is hardly practicable on account of dif-
ferent soldiers bearing the same name.
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6. iv. Daniel, b. Aug. 24, 1755. +
7. V. Lydia, b. July 16, 1757; d. Oct., 1800; m. Nathan Wheeler
[b. Concord, Mass., Jan. 9. 1744; d. May 7, 1834]. Res. in
Temple. Children : i. Nathan Wheeler, b. Oct. 20, 1781 ;
he was a prominent citizen of Temple and a deacon, ii.
Lydia Wheeler, b. Aug. 19, 1783. iii. Josiah Wheeler, b. May
11, 1786; m. Dolly Shattuck.
8. vi. John, b. Nov. 10, 1762; d. Dec. 9, 1763.
9. vii. John, b. Feb. 29, 1764; d. 1781 in the army, where he was
probably the one who enlisted in the February of that year
"for three years or the war."
10. viii. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 2, 1765.-f-
11. ix. Rebecca, b. July 27, 1767; m. Jan. 20, 1802, Abel Shedd.
12. X. James, b. May 20, 1769; m. Nov. 3, 1795, Ruth Conant (9).
Res. Grafton, Vt.
13. xi. Betsey, b. Mar. 13, 1772; d. Apr. 14, 1816; m. Feb. 7, 1779,
Dr. Luther Jewett of St. Johnsbury, Vt. Eight children.
14. xii. QuiNCY, b. Sept. 29, 1775.+
2. Benjamin^ (Thomas'*, Thomas^, Nathaniel^ William^),
bapt. Aug. 6, 1728; d. May 5, 1815; m. (1) Apr. 18, 1751, Pris-
cilla, dau. of Joseph* (Thomas'^) and Priscilla (Warner)
Adams [b. Jan. 3, 1729; d. Feb. 19, 1791]; (2) Feb. 19, 1795,
Susannah, dau. of Stephen Ralph and widow of David Everett
of Princeton, Mass. [d. May 2, 1815]. He came to New Ips-
wich with his brother Ephraim or very soon after, and set-
tled upon the same lot and the adjoining lot at the west, N. D.,
25, since occupied by Benjamin A. Clark and by Reed Tenney,
where the two brothers held their land in common for many
years, although later Benjamin removed his home to the last-
named lot. He, like his brother, was a valued citizen and an
approved holder of official positions, being Proprietors' clerk
before the incorporation of the town for several years and
town clerk afterward, and selectman for nine years. He served
upon at least two calls for troops in the Revolutionary strug-
gle, and failed to have a part in the contest at Lexington only
because the patriotic uprising was so general that, with some
other men from New Ipswich and other more distant towns,
he was dismissed before reaching Cambridge. He was in the
company of Capt. Smith, and while encamped near White
Plains his blanket was stolen from him while asleep, the re-
sulting exposure causing a life-long lameness and ultimately
a complete inability to walk. He was chosen a deacon at the
same time as his brother. Children :
15. i. Joseph, b. Feb. 3, 1752; d. Mar. 30, 1752.
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16. ii. Priscilla, b. Mar. 15, 1753; d. Feb. 17, 1777; m. Oct. 12, 1772,
John Warner.
17. iii. Sarah, b. Feb. 1, 1755; d. Mar. 15, 1755.
18. iv. Benjamin, b. Feb. 7, 1756; d. May 6, 1758.
19. V. Mary, b. Mar. 1, 1758.
20. vi. Deborah, b. June 5, 1760; d. July 19, 1760.
21. vii. Hannah, b. Aug. 27, 1761.
22. viii. Benjamin, b. Sept. 9, 1763.+
23. ix. Joseph, b. Dec. 13, 1765.-]-
24. X. Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1768; d. Nov. 20, 1768.
25. xi. Eunice, b. Mar. 8, 1770; m. Nov. 17, 1799, Aaron Appleton
(6).
3. Ephraim" (Ephraim^, Thomas*, Thomas^, NathanieP,
William^, b. Dec. 26, 1749; d. Apr. 15, 1825; m. (1) 1772,
Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy and Dinah (Pierce) Stearns of
that part of Lancaster which is now Leominster [b. Nov. 11,
1751; d. Mar. 29, 1810] ; (2) Bridget [b. about 1747; d.
Oct. 25, 1813]. Soon after reaching the age of manhood he set-
tled upon a lot then entirely wilderness, N. D., 61, which was
occupied by him and his descendants for 125 years, but under
later conditions has passed into the hands of Antti Raketti,
sometimes preacher at the Lutheran church erected in that
part of the town by the Finnish townsmen, a possession cer-
tainly in harmony with its occupancy for more than sixty
years by father, son, and grandson in succession, all deacons
in the Congregational church. The house prepared for the
new home upon this lot was situated a little farther west than
the present house, built by the owner of the farm in the next
generation, nor did the road end at the house as it has now
for many years. In early days the road divided, one branch
passing directly over the mountain, being the first road opened
to Rindge, and the other turning northward to the region
afterward occupied by the "Peppermint Tavern." The ruling
spirit of this home is perhaps sufficiently evidenced by the
calls to service made upon its head by the neighbors who
knew him, as he served the town as selectman for sixteen
years and the church as deacon for an equal period. He
responded to the Concord alarm in 1775 and to the Royalton
call in 1780. Children:
26. i. Ephraim, b. Oct. 15, 1773.+
27. ii. Isaac, b. July 13, 1775.+
28. iii. Lydia, b. June 7, 1777 ; m. William Perkins of Leominster,
Mass. Res. at Enosburg, Vt. Thirteen children.
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29. iv. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 13, 1778; d. Feb. 22, 1868; m. (1) June 21,
1801, Joseph Spear (8) ; (2) Dec. 19, 1820, John, son of
Samuel and Lizzie (Cummings) Cross of Litchfield, N. H.
[d. 1825] ; (3) Joseph Joslyn of Jaffrey.
30. V. John, b. Feb. 10, 1781.+
31. vi. Rebekah, b. Nov., 1782; m. Feb. 3, 1803, Aaron Knight.
32. vii. Sar.\h, b. July 30, 1784; d. Mar. 19, 1814; m. Nicholas
Richards of Enosburg, Vt., where she lived and died. Three
daughters.
33. viii. Susanna, b. Nov. 4, 1785; d. Nov. 6, 1819; m. Thomas Stearns
of Leominster, Mass., later of Enosburg, Vt. [b. 1789; d.
Feb. 27, 1832], Five children, one of whom, Thomas Adams
Stearns, b. Sept. 2, 1812, lived in New Ipswich for a few
years when a young man, but removed to Jaffrey, where
he d. July 28, 1879.
34. ix. LuciNDA, b. Jan. 26, 1788; d. 1848; m. May 14, 1807, Jonas,
son of James and Sarah (Stearns) Boutelle of Leominster,
Mass. Res. at Enosburg, Vt.
35. X. Melinda, b. Feb. 8, 1790; d. 1868; m. Feb. 6, 1817, Asa Knight.
Res. in Hancock, where she had eight children ; later in
Milford and New London.
36. xi. Timothy Kinsman, b. Sept. 30, 1791. +
37. xii. Benjamin Stearns, b. Aug. 6, 1794. He married and re-
moved to Tennessee.
38. xiii. Cynthia, b. Sept. 5, 1796; d. 1883; m. Hiram, son of Judge
Amos and Anna Fassett. Res. Enosburg, Vt.
6. Daniel** (Ephraim\ Thomas*, Thomas^, NathanieF,
William^), b. Aug. 24, 1755; d. about 1790; m. Sarah, dau. of
William and Sarah (Locke) Clark [b. Townsend, Mass., Nov.
21, 1754]. Her mother and her husband's stepmother were
sisters. He removed about 1778 to a part of Fitzwilliam
which is now Troy. Children :
39. i. Stephen, b. Oct. 29, 1779; m. Dec. 1, 1803. Res. at Hinesburg,
Vt. Eight children.
40. ii. Daniel, b. Mar. 22, 1781 ; m. Dec. 3, 1806, Mercy Olney. Res.
at Zingwick, Quebec. Seven children.
41. iii. William, b. Mar. 10, 1783; d. Oct. 15, 1851; m. (1) Susan
Raymond; (2) Betsey Tarbell; (3) Phebe Hatch. Res. in
Boxboro, Mass., and later in Westford, Mass., where he
died.
42. iv. Thomas, b. Mar. 9, 1785; d. Sept. 12, 1841; m. June, 1805,
Sarah Sawtelle of Jaffrey [d. Oct. 25, 1828]. Res. at Jeffrey.
Ten children.
43. v. Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1787; m. Mar. 11, 1805, John Frost [d. July
4, 1847]. Res. at Jaffrey. Nine children.
44. vi. Lydia, b. July 13, 1789. Res. at Nashua.
45. vii. Samuel, b. Apr. 30, 1791. He removed to Canada, and was
last known as a soldier in the British army in 1812.
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10. Ebenezer« (Ephraim^ Thomas*, Thomas^ NathanieP,
William^), b. Oct. 2, 1765: d. Aug. 15, 1841; m. (1) July 9,
1795, Alice, dau. of Dr. John Frink [b. Rutland, Mass., Mar.
1, 1769; d. June 20, 1805] ; (2) May 17, 1807, Beulah, dau. of
Dr. John Minott [b. Concord, Mass., June 28, 1775]. He pre-
pared for college at New Ipswich, and graduated from Dart-
mouth College in 1791. He was principal of the academy at
Leicester, Mass., for fourteen years, of an academy at Port-
land, Me., two years, instructor at Phillips Academy, Exeter,
two years, and in 1809 was appointed professor of Latin,
Greek, and Hebrew in his Alma Mater, but a year later was
transferred to the chair of Mathematics and Natural Philoso-
phy, in which he remained until his death thirty-one years
later, although during the last eight years he was relieved of
its duties and remained as professor emeritus. In all of those
positions he was an eminently successful teacher and a highly
respected citizen. He was postmaster at Leicester. Had
athletics held at that time such a place in college activities as
they now claim, he would without doubt have had additional
claims for popularity, as it is related that at the age of nine-
teen he was selected as the champion to maintain the honor
of New Ipswich against the challenge of three brothers from
Ashburnham who came across the state line upon town-
meeting day to win the honor of a wrestling victory over the
boys of New Hampshire, but were forced to admit the defeat
of their best man by the embryonic professor from a muscular
New Ipswich family. That his mental activities were not
limited by the walls of his class-room is evidenced by his being
an original member of the Northern Academy of Arts and
Sciences, and also by his connection with many other societies,
including the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the
New Hampshire Historical Society, the Royal Society of
Northern Antiquities, and the American Antiquarian Society.
Children, the first five born at Leicester and the last two at
Hanover :
46. i. Alice Amelia, b. June 2, 1796; d. Portland, Me., Feb. 11,
1820; m. June 16, 1819, Rev. Thomas Jewett Murdock.
47. ii. Adeline Augusta, b. Jan. 17, 1798; m. June 28, 1819.
48. iii. John Frink, b. Nov. 3, 1799; m. July 2, 1835, Elizabeth Lovell
Walker. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1817,
and became a lawyer at Mobile, Ala. Three children.
49. iv. Charles Augustus, b. Oct. 2, 1801; d. in South Carolina,
Mar. 9, 1824.
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50. V. Harriet Russell, b. Sept. 14, 1804; d. July 30, 1830; m. Nov.
14, 1826, Hon. John Aiken, who graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1819, was a lawyer in Manchester, Vt., and a
business man at Lowell, Mass., and at Boston. Charles A.
Aiken, professor of Latin at Dartmouth College 1859-1866,
was their son.
51. vi. Eliza Minott, b. Feb. 9, 1810; m. Aug. 23, 1833, Ira Young,
who graduated from Dartmouth College in 1821 and suc-
ceeded to the chair of Prof. Adams upon his becoming
professor emeritus. Charles A. Young, professor of Physics
and Astronomy at Dartmouth College 1866-1872, and later
at Princeton, N. J., who succeeded to a portion of the duties
of Prof. Ira Young, was their son, and Anne S. Young,
professor of Astronomy at Mt. Holyoke College, is their
granddaughter.
52. vii. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 6, 1813; d. July 23, 1837. He graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1831.
14. QuiNCY*' (Ephraim^, Thomas*, Thomas^, Nathaniel^,
William^, b. Sept. 29, 1775; d. about 1815; m. Dolly Elliot.
He lived upon the paternal farm for a few years after reaching
manhood, but about 1805 he exchanged farms with Francis
Cragin of Temple and removed to that town, where he lived
for about ten years before receiving fatal injuries by falling
through his sled. Children :
53. i. John Quincy, b. Dec. 18, 1800.
54. ii. Maria, b. Nov. 14, 1802.
22. Benjamin*^ (Benjamin^, Thomas*, Thomas^ Nathaniel^
William^), b. Sept. 9, 1763; d. about July 1, 1825; m. June 22,
1794, Olivia (1), dau. of David and Susannah (Ralph) Everett
[b. Princeton, Mass., July 22, 1768]. He passed most of his
life upon the paternal farm, (N, D., 25,) but for a few years
soon after the opening of the turnpike through the town, in
the early years of the nineteenth century, he kept a tavern
in the old parsonage at the corner (N. D., 2)7,) where the road
turns to Mill Brook. It was an exceptionally orderly house,
as might be inferred from the fact that he is said to have been
the first man in the town to carry on his farm, without the
use of rum. He was interested in military matters, and at-
tained the rank of major, by which title he was known until
his death. Children :
55. i. David Everett, b. July 4, 1795; m. Sept. 28, 1833, Nancy
Walker (J. 9).
56. ii. Olivia, b. Sept. 6, 1796; m. Rev. Robert Page [b. Readfield,
Me., Apr. 25, 1790; d. Jan. 12, 1876]. He was a pastor in
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Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Ohio, in which last
state they died. Seven children.
57. iii. Clarissa Priscilla, b. May 12, 1798. She became a perma-
nent resident in Keene, with her aunt Eunice (Adams) Ap-
pleton, when only a child.
58. iv. Benjamin Franklin, b. Mar. 1, 1800; d. July 28, 1886; m.
Feb. 20, 1828, Louisa Ruth, dau. of Isaac and Mercy (Dana)
Redington of Walpole and Keene [b. Aug. 13, 1805; d. Mar.
12, 1883]. He went in childhood, like his sister, to the home
of his aunt Eunice Appleton in Keene, in which town he
lived until 1853, when he removed to Chicago. He had
eight children, one of whom, George Everett, graduated
from Harvard College in 1860, and from Harvard Law
School in 1865 ; he entered upon legal practice in Chicago ;
was a state senator 1881-83, and a representative in Congress
1883-91.
59. V. Charles, b. Dec. 21, 1802; m. Susan, dau. of John and Susan
(White) Shedd of Rindge and Jaffrey. He was a tanner
at the foot of Meeting-house Hill for several years about
1830, but removed to Derby, Vt., before 1835, and later to
the New Ipswich colony at Denmark, Iowa. Children : i.
A daughter, d. in childhood, ii. A daughter, d. soon after
marriage, iii. Charles Kendall, b. Jan. 24, 1835 ; d. Red-
lands, Cal, July 26, 1902. He graduated from the Univer-
sity of Michigan in 1861, and was a member of the faculty
of that institution until 1885, at first as an instructor, but
rising to the professorship of History, and being also Dean
of the School of Political Science, and at the same time
a professor "in absentia" at Cornell University, to the pres-
idency of which he was called in 1885, but resigned in 1892
to accept the presidency of the University of Wisconsin,
which he held for nine years.
60. vi. SoPHRONiA, b. Mar. 11, 1804; m. May 20, 1828, Dr. Hibbard,
son of Dr. Luther and Betsey (Adams) (13) Jewett. She
also passed her youth with her aunt Eunice in Keene.
61. vii. Eunice Augusta, b. Aug. 30, 1805; d. Dec. 22, 1846; m. Jan.
3, 1833, James Adams, son of Capt. Abel and Rebecca
(Adams) (11) Shedd.
62. viii. Frederic Augustus, b. July 19, 1807; d. Apr. 8, 1888; m. Oct.
23. 1839, Mary Jane, dau. of Col. David McGregor Means of
Amherst [b. Jan. 1, 1811; d. Mar. 28, 1882]. He graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1833, and from Andover Theo-
logical Seminary in 1837, teaching during his professional
study, being a tutor at Dartmouth in 1836-37. He was pas-
tor at Amherst for three years, and then devoted himself
to teaching in academies and private schools in Byfield,
Mass., Orange, N. J., and Newark, N. J., until 1882. He
died at East Orange, N. J. He was a trustee of New Ips-
wich Academy 1837-44. He had three daughters who died
young, and one son, Frederic, h. Oct. 9, 1840; m. (1) Oct.
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27, 1870, Ella, dau. of John S. King of Putnam, O. [d.
Nov. 14, 1896] ; (2) July 20, 1904, Ella, dau. of Morris K.
King of Norfolk, Va. ; six children.
63. ix. Emily Appleton, b. Feb. 3, 1810.
23. Joseph^ (Benjamin^, Thomas*, Thomas^, NathanieP,
William^), b. Dec. 13, 1765. He married, and probably left
New Ipswich immediately after, as his name appears on the
town records only in 1787. Children:
64. i. Isaac. He was a minister, and d. leaving one daughter.
65. ii. Hiram. He had two children.
66. iii. Mary, m. Johnson. One son.
67. iv. Minerva, unm.
26. Ephraim^ (Ephraim*', Ephraim^, Thomas*, Thomas^,
NathanieP, William^), b. Oct. 15, 1773; d. July 16, 1833; m.
(1) 1800, Sally, dau. of James and Sarah (Stearns) Boutelle
of Leominster, Mass. [d. Enosburg, Vt., July 29, 1814] ; (2)
Dec. 29, 1814, Polly, sister of his first wife [d. about 1830] ; (3)
Salome (Grant), widow of Rev. James Parker, who survived
him. In 1796, when he was not yet 23 years of age, he with
his brother Isaac and two fellow-townsmen, Charles Barrett
and Nathan Wheeler, with the spirit which in later years set-
tled the western areas of the country, went to northern
Vermont, and bought 1000 acres of land in "Knight's Gore,"
now the eastern part of the town of Bakersfield, and settled
there, keeping "bachelor's hall" while clearing and planting
their land during thiee seasons, but returning to New Hamp-
shire each winter and there teaching school. Communication
with the towns upon the lake to the west was not difficult,
and the young men had visions of a thriving town in the
future centering in Knight's Gore. But as the forest was
cleared, it was found that the surrounding mountains forbade
advance to the east, and that the busy town would never lie
as they planned. This experience, familiar in later years to
so many who have deserted the eastern states and sought
homes in the unsettled West, caused a complete abandonment
of the Knight's Gore enterprise. But Ephraim Adams did
not resume residence in New Ipswich; he went a few miles
farther to the north and settled in Enosburg, whither he soon
took his young wife, and where all his children were born.
Children :
68. i. John, b. Dec, 1801; d. Nov. 30, 1802.
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69. ii. Ephraim, b. Dec. 27, 1802; d. Oct. 20, 1837; m. May 26, 1825,
Lydia Wheeler. He was a farmer and a tin-peddler. He
removed to Fitchburg while yet a young man. Three
children.
70. iii. James B., b. Oct. 14, 1805; d. 1869; m. Mehitable Pope. Res.
in Troy, Vt. Three children.
71. iv. Fidelia, b. 1807; d. 1808.
72. V. George, b. Dec. 27, 1809; d. Apr. 27, 1891; m. (1) Feb. 27,
1833, Arvilla Stevens [d. May 13, 1843] ; (2) July 13, 1843,
Mrs. Elmira (Stevens) Stone [b. Feb. 5, 1805; d. Feb. 5,
1888]. He lived in Enosburg, Vt., which town he repre-
sented in the Legislature in 1876. Six children.
11. vi. Julia, b. 1812; d. Aug., 1817.
74. vii. Thomas Spencer, b. Feb. 3, 1816. Res. in Boston.
75. viii. Sally, b. Feb. 20, 1819; d. June 2, 1837.
76. ix. Benjamin Stearns, b. Aug. 27, 1820; m. Apr. 16, 1843, Susan
S. Pierce [b. Brighton, Mass., June 2, 1822]. Res. Troy, Vt.
n. X. Henry Martyn, b. Nov. 20, 1823 ; d. Aug. 13, 1856. He gradu-
ated from Amherst College in 1851, and from the Theo-
logical Institute of Connecticut in 1854. He was ordained
soon after, at Enosburg, and sailed for the Gaboon Mission
in Western Africa, where he labored less than two years
before his death.
78. xi. Joanna K., b. Apr. 12, 1827; d. Dec. 27, 1891; m. Mar. 31,
1847, Samuel Henry Dow of Enosburg [b. Dec. 6, 1822; d.
Mar. 27, 1907].
79. xii. John Scott, b. Jan. 22, 1829; d. Oct., 1858; m. Cordelia Ab-
bott [d. Mar., 1849]. Res. Gardner, Mass. Two children.
27. Isaac'' (Ephraim'', Ephraim^, Thomas*, Thomas^, Na-
thaniel, William^), h. July 13, 1775; d. July 7, 1849; m. Dec.
8, 1803, Sally, dau. of Benjamin and Lydia (Hawks) Perkins
of Leominster, IVlass. [b. Dec. 10, 1779; d. June 26, 1856]. He
had a part with his brother Ephraim in the Knight's Gore
settlement, as related above, but unlike his brother, he re-
turned to his native town and there passed his life, succeeding
his father not only in ownership of the paternal farm but also
as selectman in 1805, and as deacon in 1814. He was also
an Academy trustee. Children :
80. i. Sally, b. Sept. 29, 1805; d. Mar. 18, 1879; m. Dec. 26, 1837,
Nathan, son of John and Sarah (Merrill) Perley [b. Haver-
hill, Mass., June 11, 1794; d. June 18, 1882]. Res. Enos-
burg, Vt. Children: i. Ellen S. Perley, b. Feb. 18, 1839;
d. Aug. 10, 1845. ii. Laura Perley, b. Mar. 8, 1842; d. Jan.
14, 1879; m. Feb., 1865, Edward H. Smith; one child, iii.
Ephraim Adams Perley, b. Aug. 29, 1844; d. Jan. 19, 1905;
m. Sept. 10, 1879, Susan Paul; one child, iv. Ormond T.
Perley, b. Sept. 19, 1846; d. Sept. 13, 1882; m. Laura Annette
Stone.
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81. ii. Henry, b. Nov. 23, 1807.+
82. iii. Marinda, b. Nov. 25, 1810; d. Jan. 19, 1879; m. Dec. 11, 1833,
William Dana Locke (12).
83. iv. Ephraim, b. Dec. 13, 1812; d. Aug. 1, 1816.
84. V. Elizabeth Stearns, b. Jan. 18, 1816; d. Aug. 7, 1818.
85. vi. Ephraim, b. Feb. 5, 1818.+
30. JoHN^ (Ephraim*', Ephraim^, Thomas*, Thomas^ Na-
thaniel, William^), b. Feb. 10, 1781; m. Rebecca, dau. of
James and Sarah (Stearns) Boutelle of Leominster, Mass.
Res. at Enosburg, Vt. Children :
86. i. John.
87. ii. Fidelia.
88. iii. Emily.
89. iv. Charles.
90. V. Cyrus.
91. vi. Joseph.
92. vii. Ephraim.
93. viii. LuciNDA.
94. ix. JosiAH.
95. X. Rebecca.
36. Timothy Kinsman^ (Ephraim^, Ephraim^, Thomas*,
Thomas^ NathanieP, William^), b. Sept. 30, 1791; m. Mary
Nichols. Res. at Enosburg, Vt., and removed thence to
Minnesota, where they passed their lives. Children :
96. i. Clarissa.
97. ii. Cynthia.
98. iii. Mary.
99. iv. Bartlett.
100. V. Melinda.
101. vi. Dorothy.
102. vii. Elizabeth.
103. viii. Stearns,
104. ix. Thomas.
81. Henry* (Isaac'', Ephraim^, Ephraim^, Thomas*,
Thomas^ Nathaniel^, William^), b. Nov. 23, 1807; d. Oct. 21,
1892; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1835, Deborah Clark (4) [b. Oct. 12, 1811;
d. June 18, 1865] ; (2) Aug. 5, 1875, Mrs. Adeline Proctor.
He was a farmer, succeeding to the farm of his father and
his grandfather, and like them he was a deacon, being chosen
to that office upon the formation of the Second Congregational
church in 1851, and holding that position until the reunion
of the two churches ten years later. He passed his later
years at Decorah, Iowa. Children :
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109. i. Louisa Deborah, b. Dec. 23, 1837; m. Oct. 9, 1860, George
Thompson Hastings [b. Nov., 1836; d. Nov. 15, 1885]. She
res. with her sister in Decorah, Iowa. One daughter who d.
young.
110. ii. Mary Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1844; m. Dec. 25, 1863, Samuel
Allen Thayer (9).
111. iii. Henry C, b. June 7, 1846; d. May 12, 1850.
112. iv. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Jan. 29, 1848; m. Oct. 8, 1869, Newton
Henry, son of Cyrus and Mary Ann (Weaver) Adams [b.
Suffield, O., Oct. 6, 1849]. He is a dealer in grain and seeds
at Decorah, Iowa. Children: i. Burton Henry Adams, b.
Aug. 29, 1870; m. Mrs. Winnie Landers; he is in business
with his father, ii. Grace Deborah Adams, h. Nov. 18,
1875 ; m. Severt Rebay Ringoen, a cashier in Decorah, Iowa,
iii. Walter Clark Adams, b. Apr. 8, 1882; m. Marie Gene-
vieve Cutler; res. in Decorah, Iowa.
85. Ephraim^ (Isaac^ Ephraim**, Ephraim^ Tliomas*,
Thomas^ NathanieP, William^), b. Feb. 5, 1818; d. Nov. 30,
1907; m. Sept. 16, 1845, Elizabeth Sylvia, dau. of Jabez Avery
and Elizabeth (Ingalls) Douglass of Hanover [b. Jan. 1, 1821 ;
d. July 12, 1905]. He fitted for college at New Ipswich
.Vcademy and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and was one
of fifty students who left that institution upon being forbidden
to form an anti-slavery society there. He graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1839, and from' Andover Theological
Seminary in 1843. He was one of the noted 'Towa band" of
eleven young men who in that year left Andover for service
under the American Home Missionary Society in the region
with unfamiliar name "divided between the Indian, the pioneer
and the buffalo," where they believed that they were "needed
and most needed." In the work of that band this son of New
Ipswich is abundantly testified to have done his full part, not
merely as a minister of the gospel, but in all the activities of
the territory and the state which, built in from the foundation,
have given that state its honored position. He was ordained
at Denmark, was pastor at Mt. Pleasant, Davenport, Decorah,
and Eldora, and was also for many years missionary superin-
tendent, and for some time engaged in active labor for Iowa
College, of which he v/as one of the founders and president
of the trustees for many years. The ability of this service
was formally recognized in 1882 by the degree of D. D. After
46 years of strenuous and successful endeavor he nominally
retired from active labors and was granted 18 years of a rest,
by no means slothful or useless to others, which normally
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has place in such a life, and which his able and equally faith-
ful companion in almost sixty years of service was spared to
pass with him in their home at Waterloo, where they died.
Children :
113. i. Theodore Douglass, b. Davenport, Iowa, July 31, 1846; d.
Decorah, Iowa, Sept. 5, 1872; m. May 30, 1870, Elizabeth
Sawyer.
114. ii. Elizabeth Camilla, b. Davenport, Iowa, Oct. 20, 1848; d.
Feb. 22, 1877.
115. iii. Henry Carter, b. Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 31, 1851; m. Sept.
3, 1890, Bertha, dau. of Asa H. and Harriet P.. (Hammond)
Wright [b. Port Huron, Mich., Apr. 11, 1865]. He gradu-
ated from Iowa College in 1874, was at Andover Theological
Seminary for a year, and afterward a fellow at Johns Hop-
kins University and a student in Germany at the Universities
of Heidelberg and Berlin. He has been a lecturer on Politi-
cal Economy and Finance at Cornell University and the Uni-
versity of Michigan for several years, and for a time at
Johns Hopkins. He was elected professor at the Univer-
sity of Michigan in 1887, and has made his home at Ann
Arbor. He has also been statistician to the Interstate Com-
merce Commission, and has had charge of other expert
work for the government. He is author of several ap-
proved works on living public questions. He has received
the degree of Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins, and of LL. D.
from Iowa College and the University of Wisconsin. Chil-
dren : i. Henry Carter, b. Oct. 8, 1891. ii. Theodore
Wright, b. Jan. 20, 1896. iii. Thomas Hammond, b. Sept. 1,
1901.
116. iv. Sarah Sidnie, b. Hanover, Nov. 20, 1857: d. Decorah, Iowa,
June 9, 1865.
117. V. Ephraim Douglass, b. Decorah, Iowa, Dec. 18, 1865; m. June
8, 1893, May Stevens, dau. of William and Jane Elizabeth
(Stevens) Breakey [b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 6, 1867J.
He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1887,
and was afterward a graduate student, receiving the degree
of Ph. D. in 1890. He was a member of the faculty of
the University of Kansas for eleven years, and since 1902,
professor of European History in Leland Stanford Uni-
versity. He is the author of several books. Children : i.
James Douglass, b. Apr. 6, 1894. ii. Sidney Francis, b. July
9, 1895. iii. Williavi Forbes, b. Feb. 25, 1898.
AINSWORTH.
Edward^ Ainsworth, b. in England about 1652; d. Mar., 1740/1; m.
Jan. 11, 1687/8, Joanna, dau. of Joshua and Joanna (Evans) Heming-
way [b. Sept. 21, 1670; d. Dec. 23, 1748]. Res. in Roxbury, Mass., until
1702/3, when he removed to Woodstock, Conn. He was a farmer.
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Edward' (Edward'), b. Roxbury, Aug. 18, 1693; d. June 16. 1758;
m. Apr. 5, 1722, Joanna, dau. of Matthew and Margaret (Corbin) Davis
of Pomfret, Conn. [b. Oct. 22, 1696; d. Apr. 25, 1753]. He was a pros-
perous farmer at Woodstock, Conn.
William' (Edward^ Edward'), b. July 12, 1733; d. Nov. 14, 1815;
m. May 29, 1753, Mary Marcy [b. 1783; d. Nov. 23, 1815]. Res. at Lev-
erett, Mass., until 1802, when he removed to Wales, Mass., where he died.
Laban* (WilHam^ Edward^ Edward'), b. July 19, 1757; d. Mar. 16,
1858; m. Dec. 4, 1787, Mary, dau. of Jonas and Mary (Hall) Minott of
Concord, Mass. [b. Feb. 1, 1761; d. Feb. 3, 1845]. He graduated from
Dartmouth College in 1778, was licensed to preach in 1779, and served
as army chaplain for a time. He preached a short time in New Jersey,
but in 1782 he entered upon his pastorate at Jaffrey and there continued
until his death, more than seventy-five years later.
1. William^ (Laban*, William^, Edward-, Edward^), b.
Aug. 24, 1792; d. June 14, 1842; m. Sept. 29, 1818, Mary Morse
Stearns. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1811. He
studied law and practised at Jaffrey until 1831, when he was
elected cashier of the "Manufacturers' Bank," which had been
established a few years before in the small brick building
upon the north side of the street opposite the short street
leading down to the "Waterloom Factory," as it was then
named, and he continued in the successful management of that
enterprise until his death. He was also a trustee of the Acad-
emy during most of his residence in town. He died at Con-
cord while representing the town in the Legislature. Children :
2. i. Frederick Smith, b. Apr. 17, 1820.+
3. ii. Mary Minot, b. Feb. 24, 1822; d. June 9, 1890; m. Oct. 17,
1849, Theodore P. Greene, afterward an admiral in the
U. S. Navy.
4. iii. William Parker, b. Dec. 22, 1825; d. May 29, 1862, unm.
He was treasurer of the Nashua & Lowell railroad, but
resigned that position to serve in the Civil War. He was
captain of a New Hampshire company attached to the 1st
Rhode Island Cavalry. He was killed in a charge at Port
Royal, Va.
5. iv. Josiah Stearns, b. Aug. 7, 1832; d. Oct. 23, 1833.
2. Frederick Smith" (William^ Laban*, William^ Ed-
ward^ Edward^), b. Apr. 17, 1820; d. Oct. 5, 1878; m. Apr. 22,
1856, Mary C. Harris [d. 1893]. He graduated from Dart-
mouth College in 1840, studied medicine, and received his
degree from Harvard Medical School in 1844. He practised
in Boston, and also served as surgeon of the 22d Massachu-
setts Regiment and as brigade surgeon from 1862 to 1865.
Child:
6. i. William, b. June 29, 1861 ; d. June 12, 1863.
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AMES.
It has not been found practicable to present the citizens of New
Ipswich bearing this family name as members of a single family, but the
lineage is given below as far as it has been ascertained.
AMES (DAVin).
David' Ames, b. Oct. 14, 1752; d. Sept. 24, 1834; m. Margaret, dau.
of Dea. Samuel and Janet (Morrison) Mitchell [b. Aug. 14, 1751; d. May
27, 1822]. He removed from Peterboro to Hancock about 1779, and
afterward resided there.
1. Jacob^ (David^), b. May 20, 1776; d. June 22, 1825; m.
Mar. 7, 1799, Melia, dau. of Joseph and Mittie (Cummings)
Symonds [b. Oct. 24, 1778; d. Jan. 13, 1836]. He was a car-
penter and auctioneer at Hancock, where he was a prominent
citizen and captain of the artillery company. He came to
New Ipswich in 1823, but lost his life two years later by a
fall from a building which he was erecting. Children :
2. i. Asa, b. Sept. 4, 1800.
GiLMAN, b. 1802.+
Amelia, b. 1802; m. June 12, 1828, George Barr (6).
Lavinia, b. Feb. 11, 1805; d. June 6, 1870; m. (1) June 2,
1835, Ephraim W. Blood'; (2) Feb. 9, 1842, Sampson
Fletcher (13).
Jacob, b. Sept. 7, 1806.+
WiNSLOw, b. 1808.+
Lucy Matilda, b. 1811; d. Aug. 29, 1817.
9. viii. John, b. Sept. 15, 1815.+
10. ix. George Leonard, b. 1819; d. Sept. 12, 1838.
11. X. Arethusa, b. Feb., 1822; d. in infancy.
3. Oilman^ (Jacob^, David^), b. 1802; d. Mar. 27, 1862; m.
(1) Oct. 6, 1825, Ann E., dau. of Jeremiah Bacon of Hancock
[b. about 1802; d. Apr. 11, 1834] ; (2) June 4, 1835, Hannah
Newhall (20). He was a carpenter at Bank Village. Children:
12. i. Elizabeth Ann, b. July 8, 1826; m. (1) Dec. 23, 1849, Richard
Baxter, son of Dea. Asa and Betsey (Russell) Simonds
of Hancock; (2) Nov. 4, 1862, William W. Johnson. Three
children.
13. ii. Sarah Jane, b. 1828; m. Daniel P. Ramsdell (13).
14. iii. Leonard, d. young.
15. iv. Charles B., b. about Apr., 1834; d. Aug. 13, 1834.
6. Jacob=^ (Jacob^ David^), b. Sept. 7, 1806; d. Aug. 27,
1889; m. (1) Rhoda Coburn of Dracut, Mass. [b. about 1807;
d. May 1, 1880] ; (2) Oct. 14, 1880, Mrs. Lucy Ann Keyes of
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New Ipswich [b. Peterboro, Jan. 4, 1829; d. Jan. 24. 1908].
Res. in Dracut and Lowell, Mass. Children :
16. i. RoMANZO, b. Sept. 21, 1833; d. Oct. 2, 1852.
17. ii. Gilbert, b. Aug. 28, 1835 ; d. Sept. 14, 1836.
18. iii. Jacob, b. July 14, 1837; d. Dec. 15, 1841.
19. iv. Charles, b. June 4, 1839; d. June 20, 1857.
20. V. Eveline Aurelia, b. Sept. 3, 1841 ; d. June 28, 1852.
7. WiNSLOW^ (Jacob^, David^), b. 1808; d. Feb. 9, 1888; m.
(1) Sept. 10, 1835, Lucy R., dau. of Elisha Barret of Mason
[d. Oct. 21, 1838] ; (2) Sept. 11, 1839. Harriet, dau. of James
H. Wood of Mason [b. Mar. 14, 1816; d. Dec. 2, 1881]'. He
lived many years in Nashua, but removed to Jersey City,
N. J., in 1869, and thence to Montclair, N. J. Engaged in iron
works. Child :
21. i. James H., b. Apr. 23, 1841 ; m. Lucia, dau. of W. W. Pratt of
Jersey City. Also engaged in iron business.
9. JoHN^ (Jacob^ David^), b. Sept. 15, 1815; m. (1) Oct.
12, 1843, Saraii T., dau. of Luke N. and Mary Perry of Wor-
cester, Mass. ; (2) Jan. 3, 1859, Cynthia, dau. of Liberty and
Rachel Rice of Brookfield, Mass. A tanner and currier, and
later a farmer. Res. Warren, Mass. Children :
22. i. Mary Lavinia, b. July 18, 1844. Res. Warren, Mass.
John, b. Dec. 1, 1845. Res. California.
Leonard Herbert, b. Apr. 4, 1848; d. Sept. 9, 1850.
Sarah Emma, b. Feb. 9, 1850; m. Edward L. Foskit of
Warren. Two children.
Helen Gertrude, b. July 14, 1853; d. Mar. 4, 1892.
Carrie Emeline, b. Oct. 29, 1860.
AMES (Elijah).
Elijah Ames, m. Prudence (?).
Jonathan' (Elijah^, b. Sept. 20, 1771; d. July 16, 1818; m. Dec. 9,
1797, Sarah Tarbell. Res. at Pepperell, Mass.
1. Samuel Tarbell^ (Jonathan-, Elijah^), b. Mar. 23, 1810;
d. Cambridge, Mass., May 25, 1897; m. July 14, 1843, ^Tary
Hartwell Barr (16). He removed in 1842 from Pepperell to
Boston, where he was in the wholesale woolen business and
later in real estate. Res. in Boston and Medford, summers in
New Ipswich. Children :
2. i. James Barr, b. June 22, 1846.-}-
3. ii. Mary Frances, b. Medford, Apr. 8, 1856; d. Florence, Italy,
June 18, 1907; m. Nov. 29, 1881, Heman M. Burr. Children:
i. Roger Ames Burr, b. Aug. 28, 1882; m. in Berlin, Ger-
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many, Oct. 27, 1908, O. A. O. Siemers ; two children, ii.
Francis Hardon Burr, b. Sept. 14, 1886; d. Dec. 5, 1910.
iii. Mary Hartwell Burr, b. Dec. 1, 1898.
2. James Barr* (Samuel T.^, Jonathan-, Elijah^), b. Tune
22, 1846; d. Jan. 8, 1910: m. June 28. 1880, Sarah Russell [b.
Sept. 22, 1851]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1868,
from Harvard Law School in 1872. He was a tutor and in-
structor in Harvard 1871-73. Admitted to the bar in 1873, he
never practised but was connected with the Harvard Law
School ever after as assistant professor and dean. He has
been called the foremost teacher of law of his time, being
not only an exceptionally broad and accurate scholar, and a
profound student of the history of common law, but also
having special ability in the development of clear and exact
thought in those under his instruction. His writings published
in legal periodicals and elsewhere are authoritative. He re-
ceived the degree of LL. D. from six universities. Children :
4. i. Robert Russell, b. Feb. 12, 1883; m. May 27, 1911, Margaret
F. Glover. One son.
5. ii. Richard, b. May 26, 1885 ; m. Dorothy Abbott. One son.
APPLETON.
Samuel* Appleton, b. Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England, 1586; d.
Rowley, Mass., June, 1670; m. (1) Jan. 24, 1616, Judith Everard [d. about
1630] ; (2) Martha . He was in Ipswich with wife and five children
in 1636, and was deputy to the General Court the following year. His
services in that capacity, however, terminated during the same year,
apparently because he was not considered to be sufficiently intolerant in
relation to Mrs. Hutchinson and her adherents.
Samuel^ (SamueP), b. Little Waldingfield, 1625; d. Ipswich, May 15,
1696; m. (1) Apr. 2, 1651, Hannah, dau. of William Paine of Ipswich;
(2) Dec. 8, 1656, Mary, dau. of John Oliver of Newbury [d. Feb. 15,
1698].
Isaac' (SamueP, Samuel'), b. 1664; d. May 22, 1747; m. Priscilla,
dau. of Thomas Baker of Topsfield [d. May 26, 1731].
Isaac* (Isaac^ SamueP, Samuel'), b. May 30, 1704; d. Dec. 18, 1794;
m. (1) pub. Apr. 25, 1730, Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Sawyer of Wells,
Me. [b. 1710; d. Apr. 29, 1785]; (2) Dec. 11, 1785, Mrs. Hephzibah (prob.
Swain) Appleton, widow of Dea. Joseph* Appleton, (01iver^ SamueP,
SamueP), [d. July 7, 1788]. He was the largest proprietor of New Ips-
wich, having six shares ; but he is not believed to have been an actual
resident in the town.
1. IsAAC^ (Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, Samuel^), bapt. ]\iay 30.
1731 ; d. Feb. 26, 1806; m. Apr. 24, 1760, Mary, dau. of Joseph
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Adams of Concord [b. Mar. 14, 1742; d. May 22, 1827]. He
came to New Ipswich about 1750, and settled upon one of the
24 lots owned by his father (N. D., 41,) building his house
near the southeast corner of the lot, upon the west side of the
old "country road" not far from the point where the turnpike
was to intersect it fifty years later. But in 1756 he removed a
short distance farther up the country road and there built
the house which still bears over its entrance the date of its
erection, and which was to be his home for half a century,
during which he was a power in the town for all that tended
to true prosperity. He held the ofifice of town clerk and of
selectman each for several years and was a deacon for thirty
years. He responded to the call to arms from Concord, and
also served under Capt. Smith. Children — all born in New
Ipswich :
3. i. Isaac, b. June 6, 1762.-f-
4. ii. Joseph B., b. June 25, 1764; d. Keene, Dec. 2, 1791. He grad-
uated from Dartmouth College in 1791.
5. iii. Samuel, b. June 22, 1766; d. July, 1853; m. Boston, Nov..
1818, Mary, dau. of John Lekain, widow of John Gore
[d. May 19, 1870]. The years of his childhood and youth
were passed upon his father's farm, where his monetary
resources bore little similarity to those of his later life.
Many years afterward he related the story of his first trip
to Peterboro in his fourteenth year, which he made on foot
while aiding in the management of a drove of cattle, for
which assistance his father had received in advance the
sum of "ninepence" (I2y2 cents). But at the end of the
stipulated ten miles an extension of the contract was nego-
tiated, by virtue of which he continued service over an
additional ten miles, and placed in his own pocket in return
therefor "fopence ha'penny" (6% cents). It was probably
a little before his arrival at his majority that Hon. Charles
Barrett (5) suggested that he should remove to his settle-
ment in the Maine forests, then known as Barrettstown,
and presented him with land for a farm, such as he was
selling to the other settlers for one hundred dollars, which
proposition he accepted, and labored upon his new domain
for about three years, also acting as Mr. Barrett's agent.
He did not, however, choose a permanent farmer's life,
but returned to New Ipswich, was one of the earliest stu-
dents at the newly founded Academy, and received from
Principal John Hubbard the first certificate of ability to
teach issued from that institution. He availed himself of
the privilege thus conferred for only two or three terms,
and about the age of twenty-five he opened a store in Ash-
burnham, Mass. This business he transferred the following
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year to his native town, and occupied the low store-building
standing until recently at the foot of Meeting-house Hill,
which Mr. Barrett had built for his use. In 1794, by advice
of that discerning friend, he removed to Boston, and en-
tered upon a quarter-century of eminently successful com-
mercial activity in that city, accumulating a fortune reck-
oned among the largest of those earlier days, and maintaining
in all things a spotless reputation. Near the close of his life
he declared that Mr. Barrett's confidence and aid were the
origin of his wealth; and he gave form to his grateful
appreciation in gifts to the descendants of his thus avowed
benefactor amounting to $10,000. He retired from active
business about 1820, and for more than thirty years his
useful life was occupied with worthy interests of the city
and the bestowal of discriminating assistance upon deserv-
ing benevolences. His estate, according to the estimate of
his will, amounted to almost $1,000,000, of which $200,000
were bequeathed to "Scientific, literary, religious and chari-
table purposes" at the discretion of his executors. In the
history of the Academy, previously given in this volume,
it is shown how he probably saved its life at the time of a
serious crisis, and also gave later aid commemorated by its
assumption of his name.
6. iv. Aaron, b. Aug. 6, 1768; d. Keene, June 20, 1852; m. (1) Nov.
17, 1799, Eunice Adams (W. 25) ; (2) Keziah, dau. of
Nathan Bixby of Keene [b. about 1798; d. June 4, 1870].
He was a successful merchant in Dublin, but in 1814 he
removed to Keene, where he continued his business as a
general merchant, and also was interested in a glass factory.
He was one of the largest tax-payers of the town.
7. V. Dolly, b. Sept. 6, 1770; d. Jan. 16, 1859; m. Dec. 29, 1799,
David, son of David and Susannah (Ralph) Everett of
Princeton, Mass. [b. 1769; d. Dec. 21, 1813]. Mr. Everett
was not a son of New Ipswich, but Dea. Benjamin Adams
(W. 2) was his stepfather, and Maj. Benjamin Adams
(W. 22) was his brother-in-law, which facts, together with
his preparation for college at New Ipswich Academy and
his marriage, made him a citizen of the town in spirit, and
his widow's long residence in town after his death seems
to give his life a place which demands recognition. He
graduated from Dartmouth College in 1795 and afterward
resided in Boston, except for a few years in Amherst, N. H.,
and a few months in Marietta, O., where he died. He was
in practice as a lawyer, but was also largely occupied with
political and literary activities, being connected with several
newspapers and also publishing works from his pen as di-
verse as dramas and theological essays, all showing good
mental power and exceptional adaptive ability. But nothing
from his pen is likely to be remembered longer than the
lines beginning
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"You'd scarce expect one of my age
To speak in public on the stage,"
which he wrote while teaching in New Ipswich, during his
preparation for college, to be spoken by Ephraim H. Farrar
(17), then a lad of seven years, at an exhibition of his
school. Mrs. Everett returned to New Ipswich after her
husband's death, and lived in the house a little below the
central burying-ground which she bequeathed to the Congre-
gational church for a parsonage.
8. vi. Moses, b. Mar. 17, 1773.+
9. vii. Mary, b. June 22, 1775; d. Dec. 16, 1853; m. Oct. 3, 1809,
Joseph Barrett (2).
10. viii. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 17, 1777; d. July 7, 1780.
11. ix. Nathan, b. Oct. 6, 1779.+
12. X. Emily, b. Nov. 7, 1781; d. Burlington, Vt., June 4, 1809; m.
Nov. 6, 1804, Moses Jewett [d. Columbus, O., Aug. 12,
1847].
13. xi. Eben, b. June 7, 1784.+
14. xii. Emma, b. Apr. 14, 1787; d. Dec. 30, 1791.
2. Francis^ (Isaac*, Isaac^, Samuel^, SamueF), bapt. Mar.
25, 1733; d. Jan. 29, 1816; m. May 5, 1758, Elizabeth Hubbard
of Ipswich [d. Nov. 7, 1815]. He came to New Ipswich a
little before 1770 and settled on the lot next northeast of that
of his brother, N. D., 38, where he lived quietly, scarcely en-
tering any public activities, although he enlisted at least once
in the Revolutionary service, and was present at the surren-
der of Burgoyne. But his son also had a part in the contest,
so that it is uncertain who is designated by the common name
upon the company rolls. Children — born in Ipswich with
the exception of the youngest :
15. i. Francis, b. May 28, 1759.+
16. ii. Isaac, b. Jan. 14, 1761.-f
17. iii. John, b. Mar. 28, 1763.+
18. iv. Mary, b. 1764; d. New Ipswich, 1820.
19. V. Elizabeth, b. 1767; d. New Ipswich, Nov. 27, 1850.
20. vi. Jesse, b. Nov. 17, 1772.-f
3. Isaac'' (Isaac^ Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, SamueP), b.
June 6, 1762; d. Dublin, N. H., Aug. 19, 1853; ni. Dec. 9, 1788,
Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer Twitchell of Dublin. Children — all
born in Dublin :
21. i. Sarah, b. Mar. 5, 1790; m. James B. Todd of Byron, N. Y.
22. ii. Joseph, b. Dec. 5, 1791.+
23. iii. Emily, b. May 15, 1794; d. Sept. 9, 1842; m. June 9, 1825,
Samuel Estabrook.
24. iv. David, b. July 16, 1796; d. Mar., 1870.
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25. V. Mary, b. Mar. 12, 1800; m. (1) Jan. 30, 1823, Cyrus B. Davis-
(2) Mar. 10, 1853, Asa Holt of Ashby.
26. vi. Samuel, b. July 12, 1803.+
27. vii. Isaac, b. Feb. 21, 1806; d. Nov. 26, 1827.
28. viii. Harriet, b. Dec. 1, 1811; m. May 27, 1844, Rev. Henry A.
Kendall of Dublin.
8. MosES^ (Isaac^ Isaac*, Isaac^ SamueP, SamueP), b.
Mar. 17. 1773; d. Waterville. Me., May 5. 1849; m. 1801. Ann
Clark [d. Jan. 4, 1864]. Children— all born at Waterville:
29. i. Ann Louisa, b. Sept. 26, 1802; m. May, 1826, Samuel Wells
of Portland, Me.
Samuel, b. Sept. 30, 1803.
Mary Jane, b. Dec. 14, 1805 ; m. June 22, 1830, Samuel Plasted
of Waterville.
George Alfred, b. June 15, 1809; d. Nov. 5, 1811.
Moses Larke, b. Feb. 3, 1811.-)-
11. Nathan^ (Isaac'^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, Samuel^), b.
Oct. 6, 1779; d. July 14, 1861; m. (1) Apr. 13, 1806, Maria
Theresa, dau. of Thomas Gold of Pittsfield. Mass. [b. Nov.
8. 1786; d. Feb. 10, 1833] ; (2) Jan. 8, 1839, Harriot C, dau. of
Jesse Sumner of Boston [d. Oct. 10, 1867]. Children — all
born at Boston :
34. i. Thomas Gold, b. Mar. 31, 1812.
35. ii. Mary, b. Oct. 18, 1813 ; m. Dec. 26, 1839, Robert James Mack-
intosh of London.
Charles Sedgwick, b. Oct. 9, 1815 ; d. Oct. 25, 1835.
Frances Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1817; d. July 10, 1861; m. July
13, 1843, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow of Cambridge.
George William, b. Oct. 1, 1826; d. May 25, 1827.
William Sumner, b. Jan. 11, 1840.-f
Harriot, b. Nov. 16, 1841; m. Nov. 17, 1863, Greely Steven-
son Curtis of Boston.
41. viii. Nathan, b. Feb. 2, 1843.
13. Eben" (Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, SamueP), b.
June 7, 1784; d. Lowell, Apr. 29, 1833; m. Oct. 12, 1809, Sarah
Patterson [d. July 12, 1837]. Children:
42. i. Sarah, b. Liverpool, Eng., July 12, 1810; d. June 5, 1837.
43. ii. Samuel, b. London, Eng., Dec. 26, 1811.-(-
44. iii. William Stuart, b. Cambridge, June 1, 1814.-|-
45. iv. Caroline Francis, b. London, Eng., Aug. 27, 1817; m. Dec.
17, 1844, Samuel Blatchford of Auburn, N. Y.
15. Francis® (Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, SamueP),
b. May 28, 1759; d. Dublin, July 16, 1849; m. June 2, 1789,
Mary, dau. of Noah Ripley of Barre [d. Aug. 2, 1840]. He
served under Capts. Briant, Stephen Parker, and Fletcher in
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the earlier years of the Revolution, unless, as has been earlier
suggested, a part of this service should be credited to his
father. In 1779 he removed to Dublin, where he passed the
remaining 70 years of his life, and where he was a deacon
for 36 years. Children — all born at Dublin:
46. i. An infant, b. Mar. 9, 1790; d. Mar. 10, 1790.
47. ii. Mary, b. Sept. 22, 1792; m. Feb. 16, 1813, Jonathan Warren
of Dublin.
48. iii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 12, 1795; d. Sept. 11, 1798.
49. iv. Ashley, b. Dec. 23, 1796.+
50. V. Francis Oilman, b. Feb. 24, 1799.+
51. vi. Eliza Ann, b. May 28, 1801; d. July 19, 1840; m. Dec. 31,
1823, John Gould (32).
52. vii. Serena, b. June 1, 1804; m. June 28, 1832, Thaddeus Morse of
Dublin.
53. viii. Sophia, b. Nov. 15, 1806; m. Apr. 19, 1832, Thomas Fisk of
Dublin.
54. ix. Jesse Ripley, b. Apr. 25, 1809.+
16. Isaac*' (Francis^ Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, Samuel^), b.
Jan. 14, 1761; d. Aug. 27, 1838; m. June 2, 1791, Hepzibah
Foster (8). He lived at the north end of Smith Village, S. R.,
X: 3. His house was the first upon the right hand side of the
road from the Center Village, but it now occupies the second
place on the same side of the road, Capt. Nutting, who oc-
cupied the place for many years, having moved it down the
hill about 1850, and built the present house upon the site of
the Appleton house, and another house having been erected
still nearer the Center Village. Children — born in New
Ipswich :
55. i. Isaac H.
56. ii. Emily, b. 1800; d. Boston, Dec, 1866; m. May 23, 1850, Joseph
Noyes of Boston.
17. John*' (Francis^ Isaac*, Isaac^ SamueP, Samuel^), b.
Mar. 28, 1763; d. Feb. 16, 1849; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Ephraim
Peabody of Wilton [d. Oct. 28, 1809]. He succeeded to the
occupancy of his father's farm. Children — born in New
Ipswich :
57. i. John, b. July 12, 1804.+
58. ii. Elvira, b. Apr. 6, 1807; d. Apr. 24, 1852; m. June 3, 1830,
George C. Gibson (3).
20. Jesse*' (Francis^ Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, SamueP), b.
Nov. 17, 1772; d. Brunswick, Me., Nov. 12, 1819; m. Apr. 25,
1800, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Means of Amherst, N. H. [d.
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Boston, Oct. 29, 1844]. He prepared for college in the acad-
emy while at home, and graduated from Dartmouth College
in 1792. He then taught for two years in Dover and in
Amherst, studied theology, and began to preach at the age
of twenty-three, and two years later was ordained at Hampton,
N. H. After ten years he left that post to accept the presi-
dency of Bowdoin College, which he held until his death, per-
forming not only the duties especially appropriate to that
office, but also, as was necessarily the custom at that time,
giving instruction to a very considerable extent. As a
preacher, as a teacher, and as an executive officer he was
eminently successful, and his personal relations with the stu-
dents were exceptionally kind and valuable. He received from
his Alma Mater and also from Harvard the Doctor's degree
in Divinity. Children — the earlier three born at Hampton
and the later at Brunswick :
59. i. Mary Means, b. Oct. 27, 1801; m. May, 1832, John Aiken of
Lowell.
60. ii. Elizabeth Frances, b. Apr. 22, 1804; d. June 2, 1839; m. May
24, 1827, Alpheus Spring Packard of Brunswick.
61. iii. Jane Means, b. Mar. 12, 1806; d. Dec. 2, 1863; m. Nov., 1834,
Franklin Pierce, afterward President of the United States.
62. iv. William, b. Nov. 7, 1808; d. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 19, 1830.
63. V. Robert, b. Dec. 4, 1810.
64. vi. John, b. Aug. 4, 1814; d. Oct. 19, 1817.
22. Joseph^ (Isaac®, Isaac^ Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, Sam-
ueP), b. Dec. 5, 1791 ; d. May 9, 1840; m. Mar. 24, 1818, Han-
nah, dau. of Elisha Knowlton of Dublin who m. (2) Jan. 23,
1844, Oliver Barrett of New Ipswich. Children :
65. i. Joseph B., b. New Ipswich, Mar. 9, 1819; m. Sept. 18, 1844,
Abby H. Hunt.
66. ii. Mary Theresia Gold, b. New Ipswich, Oct. 20, 1820; m. Apr.
20, 1843, Edward F. Preston (SO).
67. iii. Isaac Henry Clay, b. New Ipswich, July 20, 1827; d. Mar.
28, 1830.
68. iv. H. Celestia, d. 1859; m. June 26, 1848, N. Oilman Bagley [b.
Candia, N. H., July 19, 1813; d. Aug. 6, 1909]. Res. in
Sharon. Children: i. David Bagley. ii. Mary Celestia
Bagley.
69. v. Henry Clay, b. 1835; d. Feb. 25, 1837.
70. vi. Eugene, b. about 1838; d. Mar. 11, 1874.
26. Samuel^ (Isaac®, Isaac^ Isaac*. Isaac^ SamueF, Sam-
ueP), b. July 12, 1803; d. June 20, 1830; m. Mar. 20, 1827,
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Emily, dau. of Joseph Hayward of Dublin, who m. (2) June
5, 1833, Calvin Aiken of Francestown. Child :
71. i. Mary Jane, m. Farr of Portland, Me.
33. Moses Larke^ (Moses^, Isaac^ Isaac*, Isaac^ SamueP,
SamueP), b. Feb. 3, 1811; d. Bangor, Me., Sept. 25, 1859; m.
Mar., 1835, Jane Sophia, dau. of Thomas A. Hill of Bangor,
Me. Children :
72. i. Edward Larke, b. Sept. 8, 1839; d. Boston, Oct. 25, 1868.
73. ii. Francis E., b. 1841.
74. iii. Alice G.
75. iv. Margaret, b. 1855.
39. William Sumner'^ (Nathan^, Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac^,
Samuel-, SamueP), b. Jan. 11, 1840; d. Apr. 28, 1903; m. Berne,
Switzerland, Aug. 12, 1871, Edith Stuart Appleton (92). Chil-
dren :
76. i. Eleanor Armistead, b. Paris, France, May 11, 1872; m. Apr.
12, 1904, Maj. Robert Hargreave Eraser Standen [b. in India,
July 2, 1871]. She resides in Ireland. Children: i. Edith
Appleton Standen, b. Halifax, N. S., Feb. 21, 1905. ii.
Anthony Standen, h. Temple Ewell, Kent, Eng., Sept. 9,
1906. iii. Marjorie Standen, b. Temple Ewell, Kent, Eng.,
Oct. 20, 1907.
77. ii. William Sumner, b. May 29, 1874.
78. iii. Marjorie Crane, b. May 19, 1875; d. Nov. 19, 1913.
79. iv. Dorothy Everard, b. Jan. 10, 1878; m. Dec. 8, 1904, George
Francis Weld [b. Apr. 22, 1866]. Res. Santa Barbara, Cal.
Children: i. Dorothy Weld, b. Jan. 31, 1906. ii. Anna Weld,
b. July 26, 1908. iii. George Francis Weld, b. Nov. 4, 1910.
iv. Sumner Appleton Weld, b. June 24, 1912.
80. V. Gladys Hughes, b. Nov. 22, 1881.
43. Samuel^ (Eben^, Isaac^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SamueP, Sam-
ueP), b. Dec. 26, 1811 ; d. June 4, 1861 ; m. (1) London, Eng.,
Sept. 24, 1839, Julia, dau. Daniel Webster of Marshfield, Mass.
[d. Boston, Apr. 28, 1848] ; (2) July 28, 1857, Mary Ann
Whiting [d. Oct. 27, 1870]. Children — all born at Boston:
81. i. Caroline LeRoy, b. Oct. 3, 1840; d. Nov. 19, 1911; m. (1)
Newbold Edgar of New York [d. Ems, Germany, July 26,
1869] ; (2) Newport, R. I., Sept. 7, 1871, Jerome Napoleon
Bonaparte.
82. ii. Samuel, b. Nov. 25, 1841; m. (1) Philadelphia, June 22. 1863,
Mary Ernestine, dau. of J. J. Abercrombie of the U. S.
Army [d. Aug. 27, 1869] ; (2) Oct. 9, 1872, Anna Maybin
Jones of Southboro, Mass.
83. iii. Julia Fletcher, b. Feb. 8, 1844; m. Apr. 12, 1871, Walker
Keith Armistead of New York.
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84. iv. Daniel Webster, b. May 6, 1845 ; d. Boston, May 23, 1872 ; m.
Mary Freeman of Ayer, Mass.
85. V. Mary Constance, b. Feb. 7, 1848; d. Mar. 15. 1849.
44. William Stuart^ (Eben", Isaac^ Isaac*, Isaac', Sam-
uel-, SamueP), b. June 1, 1814; m. Nov. 27, 1838, Georgiana
Louisa Frances, dau. of George Armistead of the U. S. Army.
Children — all born at Baltimore:
86. i. Louise Armistead, b. Dec. 6, 1839; m. Berlin, Prussia, Oct. 15,
1871, Frederick Irving Knight of Boston.
Sarah Paterson, b. Nov. 2, 1840; d. Aug. 4, 1841.
William Stuart, b. Nov. 1, 1841 ; d. Jan. 6, 1845.
George Armistead, b. Aug. 11, 1843.
Eben, b. Aug. 19, 1845 ; m. Nov. 24, 1868, Isabel, dau. of John
Slade of New York.
Georgiana Louise Frances Gillis Armistead, b. July 15, 1847;
m. Sept. 2, 1869, George M. Hunter of Wilmington, Del.
Edith Stuart, b. June 11, 1849; d. Jan. 19, 1892; m. Berne,
Switzerland, Aug. 12, 1871, William Sumner Appleton (39).
Margaret Armistead, b. Feb. 19, 1851; m. Feb. 23, 1871,
George Livingston Baker of Boston.
Caroline Frances, b. July 4, 1853; d. Sept. 21, 1857.
Alice Maud, b. Sept. 24, 1859.
49. Ashley^ (Francis*^, Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^, Samuel^,
SamueP), b. Dec. 23, 1796; m. Jan. 27, 1823, Nancy, dau. of
Thaddeus Metcalf of Keene. Children — born at Granby, Vt. :
96. i. George Ashley, b. Nov. 23, 1823; m. May 11, 1851, Fanny
Reed, dau. of Rev. John Wooster of Granby.
97. ii. Francis Gilman, b. June 15, 1825 ; d. Apr. 27, 1849.
98. iii. Nancy Metcalf, b. Oct. 26, 1831 ; m. June 20, 1855, Oliver L.
Richardson of Atlanta, Ga.
50. Francis Gilman^ (Francis**, Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^,
Samuel-, SamueF), b. Feb. 24, 1799; m. Sept. 29, 1825, Mary,
dau. of Joseph Haywood of Dublin. Children — born at Troy,
N. Y.:
87.
ii.
88.
iii.
89.
iv.
90.
V.
91.
vi.
92.
vii.
93.
viii.
94.
ix.
95.
X.
99. i.
Alfred Curtis.
00. ii.
Mary Elizabeth,
.01. iii.
Frances.
54. Jesse Ripley^ (Francis**, Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^, Sam-
ueP, SamueF), b. Apr. 25, 1809; m. (1) Apr. 13, 1841, Louisa,
dau. of Thaddeus Mason of Dublin [d. Nov. 3, 1844] ; (2)
Mar. 11. 1852, Abbie Sophia, dau. of Calvin Mason of Dublin.
Children — born at Dublin:
102. i. Ellen Rebecca, b. Nov. 30, 1853; d. Sept. 14, 1859.
103. ii. Charles Francis, b. Apr. 6, 1856.
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57. JoHN^ (John", Francis^, Isaac*, Isaac^, SaniueF, Sam-
ueF), b. July 12, 1804; d. Feb. 7, 1891 ; m. Feb. 6, 1834, Sarah,
dau. of Hon. Samuel Allen of Northfield, Mass. He prepared
for college at New Ipswich Academy, entered Bowdoin Col-
lege at the age of fourteen, and graduated in 1822. He was a
teacher for a brief period after graduation, then entered upon
the study of the law, and when only twenty-two years old
was admitted to the bar at Amherst. His life thereafter was
spent in Maine, at first at Dixmont, later at Sebec, and after
1832 at Bangor, where he was for many years one of the lead-
ing practitioners of the state. In 1852 he was appointed a
justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, and ten years later
became chief justice of the Supreme Court, which position he
held for a period of 21 years. He paid special attention to the
law of evidence, and his published writings in that field had
great influence for the removal, in both state and national
courts, of the former legal disability of parties to a suit, either
civil or criminal, to be heard as witnesses. He was a trustee
of his Alma Mater, from which he received the degree of
LL. D. in 1860. Children :
104. i. John Francis, b. Aug. 29, 1838; d. Aug. 21, 1870. He graduated
from Bowdoin College in 1860. He was brevet brigadier-
general in United States Volunteers, and held the position
of United States District Judge in the Eastern District of
Texas.
105. ii. Sarah Peabody, b. July 2, 1841 ; d. Jan. 24, 1844.
106. iii. Frederic Hunt, b. Jan. 14, 1844; m. Feb. 18, 1892, Mary Allie
Gibson (20). He graduated from Bowdoin College in
1864, and received the degree of LL. D. He was a lawyer
at Bangor, Me.
107. iv. Edward Peabody, b. June 11, 1846; d. July 6, 1869.
108. V. Henry Allen, b. Jan. 7, 1849; d. 1903.
BACON.
Michael' Bacon, d. Apr. 18, 1648; m. Alice [d. Apr. 2, 1648].
He came to New England, probably from Suffolk county, England, in
1640, and was one of the early settlers at Dedham, Mass.
Daniel^ (Michael^), probably b. in England; d. Sept. 7, 1691; m.
Bridgewater, Mass., Mary, dau. of Thomas Reed of Colchester, Essex
county, Eng. [d. Oct. 5, 1691]. Res. successively at Dedham, Woburn,
Bridgewater, and Newton, in which last town he died.
Daniel" (DanieP, Michael'), probably b. at Bridgewater; m. Aug. 1,
1664, Susanna, dau. of Michael Spencer of Salem. He lived at Boxford
in 1660, but removed to Salem, where he was a shipwright in 1664.
Michael* (DanieP, Daniel", Michael'), b. Salem, Oct. 23, 1676; m.
Margaret . Res. at Salem.
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1. Retire^ (Michael*, Dan^el^ Daniel-, MichaeP), bapt.
Salem, Apr. 17, 1720; m. (1) Boxford, Mass., Apr. 14, 1741,
Mary, dau. of Jacob and Hannah (Goodline) Hale [b. Feb.
25, 1722; d. about 1762]; (2) Rowley, Mass., Aug. 27, 1764,
Margfaret Burnham of Ipswich, Mass., who died in 1808, at
which time it was said she was 100 years, 5 months, and 21
days of age, and had "drank nothing stronger than small beer
for fourteen years before her death." He probably lived in
Boxford, Mass., until after his second marriage, and he ren-
dered military service in 1758, but in May, 1771, he came from
Ipswich, Mass., to New Ipswich, and his name appears on
the tax list until 1787. He lived on the southern part of XI:
1, S. R., on the old "malt-house road" not far from the present
road from Hodgkins corner to Davis Village. He also had
a large tract of land in Sharon, and perhaps he occupied it
for a few years before making his home in New Ipswich.
Children :
2. i. Hannah, bapt. Apr. 22, 1744.
3. ii. Susanna, bapt. May 27, 1744; d. young.
4. iii. Sarah, bapt. Jan. 25, 1747; d. young.
5. iv. Sarah, bapt. Nov. 6, 1748.
6. V. Jacob, bapt. Feb. 17, 1751.
7. vi. Susanna, bapt. July 17, 1757.
8. vii. Molly, bapt. Oct. 8, 1758.
9. viii. Hetty, bapt. May 23, 1762.
BALCH.
John* Balch, d. Salem, Mass., 1648; m. (1) Margery ; (2)
Agnes (or Annis) Patch. He came from Somersetshire, England, in
1623, landing at Weymouth. He settled at Salem, and was made freeman
in 1631, the earliest date of such action. In 1638 he built a house in the
region which is now Beverly, which house is still standing and in the
possession of the family. He was one of the first board of selectmen.
Benjamin^ (John*), b. of first marriage in winter of 1628/9; d. after
Jan., 1714/5; m. (1) about 1650, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Gardner [d. Apr.
5, 1686] ; (2) Feb. 5, 1689, Abigail, widow of Matthew Clarke of Marble-
head, Mass. [b. about 1635 ; d. June 1, 1690] ; (3) Mar. 15, 1691/2, Grace
Mallet [d. before 1704]. Res. in the family home.
John' (Beniamin^ John*), b. July 18, 1657; d. Nov. 19, 1738; m.
Dec. 23, 1674, Hannah, dau. of Philip and Joanna Veren [b. 1655]. He
was a carpenter and farmer on the ancestral farm. He was selectman,
representative, and a lieutenant.
David* (John^ Benjamin^ John*), b. Oct. 1, 1691; d. Topsfield, Mass.,
Sept. 25, 1769; m. (1) Apr. 29, 1713, Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Sarah
(Wallis) Perkins [b. Feb. 10, 1692/3; d. Jan. 1, 1747/8]; (2) Nov. 14,
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1752, Esther, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Dwinel of Topsfield
[b. May 1, 1720; d. Jan. 13, 1815/6]. Res. in Topsfield.
John' (David\ John^ Benjamin^ John'), b. Nov. 2, 1716; d. Dec.
31, 1774; m. June 17, 1740, Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Rebecca (Curtis)
Smith [b. about 1714; d. Mar. 1, 1794]. He was a tanner and currier
in Topsfield.
Robert" (John', David', John', Benjamin', John'), bapt. July 28, 1745;
d. Aug. 3, 1830; m. Nov. 28, 1769, Sarah, dau. of Dea. Solomon Dodge
fb. June, 1752; d. Mar. 16, 1822]. He was a farmer in Topsfield, but re-
moved to New Boston, 1791.
John' (Robert^ John', David*, John', Benjamin', John'), b. June 25,
1779; d. June 20, 1822; m. Deborah Kenniston of Weare. He was a
farmer at Jericho, Vt.
John Jefferson' (John', Robert^ John', David\ John^ Benjamin^
John'), b. June 27, 1804; d. Mar. 10, 1879; m. Nov., 1827, Abigail J.
Mudgett. Res. New Boston, but removed to Lyndeboro in 1862.
1. Moses M.« (John^ John", Robert^ John^, David*, John^
Benjamin^ John^), b. Sunapee, Sept. 11, 1831; d. June 5, 1914;
m. Nov. 20, 1856, Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Asa and Polly
(Tapley) Stiles of Wilton. After reaching the age of man-
hood he lived five years at Weare, then in Temple until 1878,
after which time he was a citizen of New Ipswich. He had
previously owned and conducted a saw and grist mill, and
despite the loss of the greater part of his right hand while
sawing, he purchased the mill at the Gibson Village, and con-
tinued a similar industry for ten years. His home of later
time was the house in the Center Village upon the north side
of the Turnpike, long the dwelling of Charles A. Whitney.
Children :
2. i. Anna Jane, b. Oct. 11, 1858; m. June, 1908, Frank J. Mc-
Laughlin. Res. in Peterboro.
3. ii. Ella Minerva, b. July 3, 1862; m. Jan. 24, 1883, Albert F.
Walker (S. 23).
4. iii. Abbie Louise, b. Feb. 1, 1870; m. Apr. 26, 1892, Wilbur L.
Phelps (4).
5. iv. Albro Leslie, (adopted) b. Jan. 8, 1878; m. June 25, 1902,
Mary Louisa Mansfield (33). Child: i. Hasel Elizabeth,
b. Aug. 25, 1905.
BALLARD.
1. JosiAH^ Ballard, b. Apr. 14, 1806; d. Dec. 12, 1863; m.
Oct. 16, 1835, Elizabeth Dorothy, dau. of Rev. Dr. John Mil-
ton and Abby (Morris) Whiton of Antrim, N. H. [b. Alar. 7,
1811 ; d. Aug. 10, 1862]. He was the son of William and Mary
(Abbot) Ballard of Peterboro, where he was born and where
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he attended the district schools until he was sixteen years of
age, when he went to Boston and there learned the mason's
trade, at which he labored for several years. He then entered
the academy at Monson, Mass., fitted for college, and gradu-
ated from Yale in 1827. After a brief period as a teacher in
the academy at Westfield, Mass., he commenced the study of
theology with Rev. Dr. Whiton at Antrim, was ordained in
1835, and held pastorates at Chesterfield, Nelson, and Sudbury,
Mass., before coming to New Ipswich in 1852 and becoming
the first pastor of the Second Congregational church, just or-
ganized as related on a preceding page. The unpleasant con-
ditions then existing caused him to believe it well that he
should sever his connection with that church a little before
the close of his third year of earnest labor as its head, and
he afterward served the churches in Plympton, Mass., and
Carlisle, Mass., at which last-named place he died. To the
end of his life there were plainly manifest the characteristics
of an earnest, self-made man. Children :
2. i. Edward Otis, b. Apr. 19, 1837.-1-
3. ii. Catherine Elizabeth, b. Nelson, Apr. 9, 1840; d. Apr. 3,
1877 ; m. Jan. 23, 1864, Emory B. Smith, a lawyer of Platts-
burg, N. Y., and later of Boston. Res. Melrose, Mass.
Children: i. Walton Ballard Smith, b. Sept. 24, 1866; m.
Nov. 23, 1893, Edith Hoffnagle; res. Attleboro, Mass.;
four children, ii. Bertha Leland Smith, b. May 12, 1868;
m. Nov. 13, 1897, Carl Smith; res. Attleboro, Mass. iii.
Catherine Elizabeth Smith, b. Mar. 13, 1877; unm. ; res.
Maiden, Mass. ; she is connected with the Massachusetts
State Board of Charities.
2. Edward O.- (Josiah^), b. Apr. 19, 1837; m. (1) Sept.
24, 1859, Lauretta Sophia Thayer (6) ; (2) Sept. 4, 1884,
Katherine Agnes McConnellogue. He studied at New Ips-
wich Appleton Academy, and in 1854 went to Boston, and has
passed his life in mercantile and insurance industries. Res.
Marlboro, Mass. Children :
4. i. Herbert Edward, b. Aug. 21, 1863; d. Aug. 11, 1864.
5. ii. Clarence Eugene, b. Oct. 9, 1866; d. Feb. 11, 1867.
6. iii. Ettie Elizabeth, b. Aug. 9, 1869; m. June 2, 1892, Dr. Eddy
B. Swett of Marlboro, Mass. Res. Grasmere, N. H. Six
children.
7. iv. Agnes Anna, b. Aug. 30, 1870; d. Oct. 15, 1870.
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BANCROFT.
Thomas^ Bancroft, b. England, 1622 ; d. Lynnfield, Aug. 19, 1691 ; m.
(1) 1647, Alice Bacon who d. soon; (2) Sept. 15, 1648, Elizabeth Met-
calf. He settled in Dedham, removed to Reading about 1650, and thence
to Lynnfield. He was a lieutenant with record of honorable service.
Thomas' (Thomas'), b. Dedham, Sept. 24, 1649; d. July 12, 1718; m.
Apr. 10, 1673, Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Poole [d. May 20, 1723]. He
removed to Reading before his marriage. He was a deacon, and also a
lieutenant with the record of having saved the garrison at Exeter from
an Indian assault.
Thomas^ (Thomas^ Thomas'), b. Reading, Sept. 8, 1673; d. Nov. 9,
1731 ; m. Aug. 1, 1694, Mary Webster. He served in the Indian wars,
and like his father and grandfather, was a lieutenant. He was repre-
sentative in the General Court at the time of his death.
Benjamin^ (Thomas^ Thomas^ Thomas'), b. Reading, May 6, 1701;
d. Apr. 3, 1790; m. Anna, dau. of John and Anna (Tarbell) Lawrence
of Lexington [d. July 21, 1787]. He lived in Charlestown, and removed
thence to Reading, where he was a tanner. He was a captain.
Benjamin'* (Benjamin*, Thomas^ Thomas', Thomas'), b. Sept. 29,
1724; d. Oct. 27, 1804; m. Oct. 18, 1749, Alice, dau. of William and Mary
(Farnsworth) Tarbell [d. Nov. 29, 1781]. He also was a tanner in
Groton. He was a deacon.
Joseph® (Benjamin^ Benjamin*, Thomas^ Thomas^ Thomas'), b. July
3, 1760; d. Townsend, Oct. 21, 1815; m. Susannah, dau. of Nathan and
Mary (Patterson) Hubbard [d. July 17, 1825]. He was also a tanner,
living in Groton, Lunenburg, and Townsend successively.
1. James^ (Joseph^, Benjamin^, Benjamin*, Thomas^,
Thomas^ Thomas^, b. Sept. 27, 1803; d. Mar. 18, 1884; m.
(1) May 28, 1829, Sarah W., dau. of Oliver and Lucy (Welling-
ton) Kendall [b. Mar. 3, 1810; d. Jan. 23, 1861 J ; (2) Dec,
1865, Jemima, dau. of Emerson and jemima (Foster) Hale of
Rindge [b. July 26, 1822; d. May 7, 1910]. He came from
Ashby to New Ipswich about 1833, and lived in Wilder Village
about twelve years, near the High Bridge for two years, in
the Newhall house formerly standing at the corner near the
town house, and in 1849 he settled at Hodgkins corner (S. R.,
X : 2,) where he lived until his removal to Rindge in 1857. He
was a carpenter, and a man whose unfailing smile and helpful
kindness attracted the young to the church in which he was
a deacon, and is well remembered as conducting strangers to
seats with a reverent, noiseless footfall along the aisle.
Children :
2. i. Nancy R., b. Dec. 23, 1830; d. Sept. 23, 1833.
3. ii. Henry A., b. June 2, 1832; d. May 27, 1848.
4. iii. Nancy R., b. Sept. 27, 1834; d. Dec. 11, 1906; m. Nov. 11,
1852, Ivers H. Brooks (27).
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5. iv. Susan F., b. Oct. 25, 1836; d. Jan. 3, 1885; m. June 6, 1867,
Albert Conant. Children: i. Alice Bancroft Conant, m.
Frank Wadleigh of Milford. ii. Atm Sanborn Conant, m.
Ernest Horton of Boston, iii. Harry li'inthrop Conant; he
graduated from Amherst College and Harvard Law School ;
res. in Somerville, Mass. iv. John Bancroft Conant; he
graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
and is an electrician at Dallas, Texas.
6. V. Cecil Franklin Patch, b. Nov. 25, 1839.+
7. vi. Mary H., b. Apr. 3, 1841 ; m. July 15, 1869, Thomas, son of
John and Eleanor (Spence) Annett [b. Dec. 1, 1831; d.
Feb. 22, 1903]. Res. East Jaffrey. Children, i. Sarah E.
Annett. ii. Elsie C. Annett. iii. Marietta E. Annett. iv.
Markzvell Annett. v. Cecil B. Annett.
8. vii. Caroline, b. Oct. IS, 1842; d. Sept. 12, 1865; m. Mar. 15, 1860,
George S., son of Williain and Ruthy (Shedd) Kimball of
Rindge [b. Mar. 1, 1839; d. Jan. 17. 1862, at Annapolis, Md.,
where he was a member of the 6th N. H. Regt.]. Two
children who d. young.
9. viii. Henry A., b. Feb. 13, 1849. He lives in California.
6. Cecil Franklin Patch* (Jamas'^, Joseph*', Benjamin^,
Benjamin*, Thomas^, Thomas-, Thomas^), b. Nov. 25. 1839;
d. Oct. 4, 1901 ; m. May 6, 1867, Fannie Adelia, dan. of Capt.
Timothy Kittredge of Mt. Vernon, N. H. [b. Feb. 12. 1844;
d. Mar. 29, 1898]. He prepared for college at New Ipswich
Appleton Academy and graduated from Dartmouth College
in 1860. He was principal of Appleton Academy, Mont Ver-
non, N. H.. for four years after graduation, was a student at
Union Theological Seminary and at Andover Theological
Seminary for three years, graduating from the last-named in-
stitution in 1867. principal of the Lookout Mountain Institute,
near Chattanooga, Tenn., during its brief life of five years. In
1873 he entered upon what may properly be termed, from its
breadth and complete success, his life-work as principal of
Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., where he labored until
he met his death, as he often said he desired, "in the harness."
His entire life was by no means included in his professional
work ; to an unusual extent he was identified with the busi-
ness interests of the town and of its citizens, until he was
termed "the first citizen of the town." He had a share in the
management of the neighboring State Almshouse at Tewks-
bury; his counsel was valued in the directorates of bank and
of insurance company, and he was one of the trustees of Dart-
mouth College, his Alma Mater. He received as honorary
degrees Ph. D. from the State University of New York,
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Litt. D. from Williams College, and LL. D. from Yale Uni-
versity. But neither these honors nor his election to the pres-
idency of the "New England Association of Colleges and
Preparatory Schools" testify as surely to the strength and
breadth of his work as the practically unanimous testimony
of the six thousand students who came under his care ; these
give his work broader and longer power than has fallen to
the lot of the efforts of any other native of the town. Children :
10. i. Cecil Kittredge, b. Dec. 15, 1868. He graduated from Phil-
lips Academy in 1886, from Yale College in 1891 ; taught at
Morristown, N. J., for two years, and after a year in Eu-
rope and another as tutor and instructor at Yale became
instructor and registrar at the institution so long controlled
by his father.
11. ii. Frances Marsh, b. Sept. 12, 1872; m. .Sept. 5, 1900, Rev.
William Joseph Long. She graduated from Smith College
in 1894, and taught at Andover in Abbot Academy for
three years before her marriage. Res. in Stamford, Conn.
Children : i. Lois Long. ii. Frances B. Long. iii. Brian
Long.
12. iii. Arthur Kendall, b. Mar. 10, 1874; d. Aug. 9, 1880.
13. iv. Phillips, b. Apr. 21, 1878. He graduated from Phillips Acad-
emy in 1898, from Yale College in 1902, and has since been
occupied by financial duties at Phillips Academy.
14. V. Mary Ethel, b. May 22, 1882. She graduated from Smith
College in 1904, has taught in New Haven, Conn., and in
Abbot Academy in her native town.
BARR.
1. James^ Barr, son of George and Mary.(Whitehiir) Barr,
of Kilbarchan, county of Renfrew, Scotland, b. Dec. 12, 1752;
d. Mar. 7, 1829; m. 1783, Molly Cummings (12) [b. Dec. 2,
1764; d. Feb. 23, 1845]. He came to New England when about
21 years of age, and after traveling for a time in the new land
settled in New Ipswich, succeeding Joseph Bullard in the
occupancy of the lot on Knight's Hill, (II : 2, S. R.,) and be-
ing associated with Eleazer Cummings in his malting industry,
and in the manufacture of oatmeal, having brought from Scot-
land a knowledge of methods of preparing and hulling the
oats, before unknown in this land. But after the death of
Joseph Pollard Mr. Barr removed to his farm at the end of
the road on the east side of Page Hill, (64, N. L. O.,) which
was his home for about forty years. The last few 3^ears of his
life he lived on the "Warren farm" at the summit of the hill.
Children : 208
2.
i.
3.
ii.
4.
iii
5.
iv.
6.
V.
Barr
James, d. in infancy.
Nancy, b. July 25, 1784; d. July 9, 1857; m. Jeremiah Prich-
ard (17).
Sarah, b. May 25, 1788; d. Sept. 29, 1864; m. Dr. William
Lovejoy. Res. in West Townsend, Mass.
James, b. May 23, 1790.+
George, b. Feb. 6, 1792.+
7. vi. Caroline Mathilda, b. Jan. 6, 1794; d. Oct. 3, 1874; m. Asa
Prichard (22).
8. vii. CuMMiNGS, b. May 9, 1795. +
9. viii. RoBENA, b. Feb. 22, 1799; d. Dec. 20, 1873, unm.
10. ix. Charlotte, b. Mar. 13, 1801; d. Aug. 27, 1842, unm.
11. X. William, b. Feb. 7, 1803; d. West Townsend, Mass., unm.
He left New Ipswich soon after attaining his majority.
Res. for some years with his brother George, and in va-
rious other places.
12. xi. Mary Whitehill, b. Dec. 15, 1805; d. Nov. 19, 1830, unm.
13. xii. John, b. Mar. 10, 1808.+
14. xiii. Esther Jane, b. Dec. 4, 1810; d. July 26, 1837, unm.
15. xiv. Charles, d. in infancy.
5. James2 (James^. b. May 23, 1790; d. June 6, 1845; m.
Apr. 21, 1824, Laura Livermore (Bellows) (3). After due at-
tendance at New Ipswich Academy he studied medicine with
Dr. Haskell of Lunenburg, Mass., and Dr. Twitchell of Keene,
and received his degree from Harvard Medical School in 1817.
He then entered upon practice in his native town, and in close
attention to his professional dtities passed his life, attaining
high success, and continuing his desired attention to the needs
of the sick, despite the weakness of fatal pulmonary disease,
almost until the end. Children :
16. i. Mary Hartwell, b. Jan. 16, 1825; d. May 27, 1893; m. July
14, 1843, Samuel T. Ames (E. 1).
17. ii. Sarah Jane, b. July 11, 1827. +
18. iii. George Lyman, b. Mar. 12, 1830.+
19. iv. James Walter, b. June 7, 1833; d. Apr. 19, 1834.
20. V. Caroline Frances, b. Feb. Zl, 1835; resides in New Ipswich
in the former home of her great-grandfather, Ephraim
Hartwell.
21. vi. James Henry, b. Sept. 16, 1837; d. Sept. 19, 1838.
22. vii. Ellen Maria, b. Nov. 10, 1840; d. Feb. 7, 1895. She was a
teacher in the high school of Medford, Mass., for some
years and then established in Boston a successful private
school for girls. Her later years were largely occupied in
traveling.
6. George^ (James^), b. Feb. 6, 1792; m. June 12, 1828,
Amelia Ames (D. 4). He removed to New York State.
Children :
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23. i. Sarah.
24. ii. Caroline.
25. iii. George.
One or more others.
8. CuMMiNGS^ (James^), b. May 9, 1795; d. 1854; m. Eliza,
dau. of Nathaniel, Jr., and Ruth (Eliot) Peabody of Middle-
ton, Mass. He went to Lowell, Mass., in his early manhood.
He was an engineer in the fire department of the city for a
time, and was a contractor in canal work, etc. Children :
26. i. Eliza Jane, b. 1829; d. 1881; m. Charles Cheney of Man-
chester. Children : i. Evelyn Cheney, b. 1854 ; d. 1878 ; m.
Franklyn P. Johnson ; two children, ii. Myra Cheney, b.
1859; m. Charles Dougan ; one son. iii. Maud Cheney, h.
1870; m. Morris C. Austin of Goffstown ; two children.
27. ii. Ellen Maria, b. 1833; d. in infancy.
28. iii. George Cummings, b. 1834; d. 1896; m. 1868 Mary Frances,
dau. of John and Mary (Bean) Brown [d. 1906]. He lived
in Manchester after 1852. Child : i. Florence Goodwin,
b. 1881.
29. iv. Ellen, b. 1837; d. in infancy.
30. V. John Mortimer, b. 1840; d. 1842.
13. John- (James^), b. Mar. 10, 1808; m. . He left
New Ipswich in early manhood, going to Gouverneur, N. Y.
Children :
31. i. John. He enlisted in the Civil War, and was killed at Fort
Pillow.
32. ii. Moses.
There were several other children.
17. Sarah Jane^ (James^, James^), b. July 11, 1827; d.
Feb. 5, 1897; m. Mar. 15, 1847, Sanford B. Perry [d. Sept.
12, 1884]. Children:
i. Frederic, Barr Perry, b. May 7, 1848; d. Feb. 3. 1908; m.
Oct. 18, 1881, Sarah A. Proctor [d. May 28, 1914]. Chil-
dren: i. Helen C. Perry, b. August 10, 1882; m. Francis
B. Reynolds; one son. ii. Sarah Barr Perry, h. Nov. 2,
1884; m. Bryan Bell. iii. Bertha Perry, b. July 6, 1889; d.
ii. William Nelson Perry, b. March 9, 1852; d. Nov. 21, 1899;
m. Feb. 15, 1884, Laura O. Barker. Children: i. Ruth
Barker Perry, b. Jan. 29, 1885; m. Edmund F. Saxton.
ii. Elsie Barr Perry, b. Jan. 6, 1888; m. Harold M. Nichols,
iii. George Sanford Perry, b. Nov. 6, 1889.
iii. George Barnum, b. Apr. 12, 1861; m. May 24, 1899, Helena S.
Lewandowska. Is a dentist in Chicago.
18. George Lyman^ (James^ James^), b. Mar. 12, 1830;
d. Apr. 1, 1877; m. Nov. 20, 1851, Elizabeth Maria, dau. of
Daniel and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence [b. Medford, Mass.,
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Aug. 5, 1835; m. (2) Apr. 21, 1880, George Robert, son of
George and Frances (Ames) Barrett (19)]. He early entered
business life as a clerk in a dry goods store at Boston, but
soon undertook a similar business for himself, and in a few
years became a member of a large distilling firm at Medford,
Mass. He retired from active business in 1867, and divided
his time between city matters (having control of its fire de-
partment for several years), and historic antiquarian pursuits,
the collection of rare books, coins, etc. Children :
33. i. Elizabeth Lawrence, b. Mar. 3, 1854; m. 1880, Eugene A.,
son of Jean Baptiste and Madeline (Nehr) Kayser. Res.
Newton, Cambridge, and Boston. Children : i. Paul James
Barr Kayser, h. Nov., 1881. ii. Robert Barr Kayser, h.
Oct. 25, 1889. iii. George Barr Kayser, b. Jan. 15, 1891. iv.
Elisabeth Barr Kayser, b. July IS, 1897.
34. ii. Laura Maria, b. July 22, 1859; unm. Res. Boston.
35. iii. Caroline Hartwell, b. Nov. 13, 1864; m. Apr. 20, 1897,
Winthrop Rowland Wade of Boston. Res. Dedham, Mass.
Child : i. Winthrop Howlattd Wade, b. Feb. 18, 1898.
36. iv. James Cummings, b. Mar. 15, 1867.+
37. V. Daniel Lawrence, b. Nov. 17, 1869; m. Sept. 23, 1908, Mrs.
Morrison Eggers of Pittsburg, Pa. He graduated from
Harvard College in 1896, and later from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He is an electrical engineer in
Pittsburg, Pa.
36. James Cummings* (George Lyman^, James-, James^),
b. Mar. 15, 1867; m. (1) Nov. 5, 1890, Sally, dau. of George
Gordon and Helen (Devens) Crocker of Taunton, Mass.; (2)
June 1, 1910, Lalla (Griffith) Fairfield, dau. of Collin McLeod
and Frances (Chandler) Griffith [b. St. Albans, W. Va., Jan.
17, 1873]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1890, and
upon graduation entered the scientific study of electricity with
the Thomson-Houston Company, in connection with which he
held very responsible positions in relation to the application
of electricity to coal mining. In later years he has been en-
gaged in the railway supply business at Boston. For several
years he held commission in the Massachusetts Volunteer
Militia, is prominent in the recent work in aviation, and is a
member of leading clubs in Boston, New York, and Washing-
ton, Children :
39. i. Helen, b. July 29, 1891.
40. ii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 14, 1893.
41. iii. James Cummings, b. Mar. 3, 1898.
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John Barr, who lived for a time in the house opposite the
Barrett mansion and elsewhere, was apparently of a different
family from the one here given.
BARRETT.
Humphrey* Barrett, b. 1592; d. Nov. 7, 1662; m. Mary [d. Aug.
15, 1663]. He is believed to have come from County Kent, England. He
settled at Concord in 1639, where he had a farm of three hundred acres
and a "house lot" of twelve acres near the centre of the town.
Humphrey- (Humphrey'), b. England, 1630; d. Jan. 3, 1715/6; m.
July 16, 1661, Elizabeth Paine [d. Dec. 21, 1674] ; (2) Mar. 23, 1674/5,
Mary, dau. of Luke and Mary (Edmunds) Potter [b. 1656; d. Nov. 17,
1713]. He was a deacon in the Concord church, ensign in the foot com-
pany, and represented the town in the General Court in 1691.
Joseph^ (Humphrey', Humphrey'), b. Jan. 31, 1679; d. Apr. 4, 1763;
m. Dec. 24, 1701, Rebecca, dau. of James and Rebecca (Wheeler) Minott
[b. Feb. 9, 1685; d. June 23, 1738]. He was town treasurer, and also
captain of the foot company. He was one of the original grantees of
Grafton.
Benjamin' (Humphrey', Humphrey'), b. May 7, 1681; d. Oct. 25,
1728; m. Jan. 3, 1704/5, Lydia, dau. of James and Rebecca (Wheeler)
Minott [b. Mar. 12, 1686/7]. Like his brother, he was a farmer and
general business man, and one of the original grantees of Grafton.
John' (Joseph', Humphrey', Humphrey'), b. Feb. 14, 1719/20; d.
Apr. 19, 1790; m. 1744, Lois, dau. of Joshua and Lydia (Wheeler) Brooks
[b. June 29, 1723; d. Apr. 12, 1805]. He was in service at the North
Bridge Apr. 19, 1775.
Thomas* (Benjamin', Humphrey', Humphrey'), b. Oct. 2, 1707; d.
June 20, 1779; m. about 1730, Mary, dau. of Samuel and Ruth (Brown)
Jones [b. Mar. 23, 1715; d. Jan. 30, 1804]. He was a prominent business
man of Concord and a deacon. Col. James Barrett, commander of the
Provincial troops in the "Concord fight," was his younger brother.
Joseph^ (John\ Joseph', Humphrey', Humphre/), b. Jan. 5, 1745; d.
Dec. 20, 1831; m. Sarah, dau. of John and Lucy Brooks. He removed
to Mason in his early manhood, and settled upon the farm which has
descended to successive generations of Barretts. He held all the more
important town offices, and represented the town in the Legislature for
several years. His inherited military traits are shown by his title of
captain.
1. Charles^ (Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey^, Hum-
phreyi), b. Jan. 13, 1739/40; d. Sept. 21, 1808; m. 1764, Re-
becca, dau. of Samuel and Dorcas (Prescott) Minott [b. Jan.
14, 1744; d. 1838; m. (2) about 1810, Francis Cragin ('l)]-
He left Concord in early manhood, and after a brief sojourn
in that part of Mason which is now Greenville, where his
characteristic business habits were foreshadowed by his part
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with a brother in the erection of a saw and grist mill, at about
the period of his marriage in 1764, he settled in New Ipswich.
At first he was near the Mason line, (1 : 2, S. R.,) in which
neighborhood he quickly became a leader; in 1780 he removed
to the Center Village, and purchased the Joseph Kidder lot,
(IX: 1, S. R.,) then considered a proverbially poor tract of
land, but destined to show very different capabilities under
the handling of its new manager. He there built for his resi-
dence the "Bullard house," just north from the well-known
Barrett mansion of later days, which he built 25 years after
for the second bearer of his name.
The business operations upon which he entered seem al-
most petty when compared with the activities of the twentieth
century, but at that period a journey to New York was a
greater undertaking than is a trip to the Pacific coast in the
present days. The settlement of Barrettstown, now known
as Hope, in Lincoln county, Me., the erection of the mill upon
the neighboring George's River, the construction of canals and
locks upon the same river, the aid given to the glass manu-
factory just across the Temple line upon Kidder Mountain, and
the cotton mills of the town, said to have been undertaken
at his suggestion and with his cooperation, all these were en-
terprises to be promoted only by a man of broad outlook and
exceptional business confidence and sagacity. That he had
ability to know when he saw a man, is illustrated by the
incident related in the account of the Appleton family on a
previous page. This power doubtless had a part in making
it true that his failure to take a position satisfactory to his
fellow townsmen, in the "times that tried men's souls" when
the nation had its birth, did not permanently alienate public
feeling, as is conclusively shown, not merely by his repeated
elections to represent New Ipswich in the Legislature, and in
the convention called to ratify the national Constitution, but
also by the votes from a larger territory giving him place as
a state senator and as councillor. Children :
3. i. Charles, b. Jan. 8, 1765; d. June 10, 1766.
4. ii. Dorcas, b. Apr. 20, 1767 ; d. Jan. 31, 1818, unm.
5. iii. Charles, b. Sept. 24, 1773.-1-
6. iv. George, b. Feb. 27, 1777 ; d. Aug. 14, 1812, unm.
7. V. Rebecca, b. Sept. 4, 1779; d. May 11, 1834; m. Dec. 5, 1795,
Hon. Samuel, son of Rev. Samuel and Anna (Kendrick)
Dana of Groton [d. 1837]. Children: i. Charles Dana. ii.
Anna Dana, m. Col. John Sever, iii. George Dana. iv.
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Rebecca Dana, m. Kilby Page. v. Samuel Dana. vi. Martha
Barrett Dana, m. Gen. George C. Greene, vii. James Dana.
viii. Thesta Dana, m. Gen. James J. Dana.
8. vi. Seth, b. May 20, 1784; d. Jan. 9, 1792.
2. Joseph*^ (Joseph^ John*, Joseph^, Humphrey-, Hum-
phrey^), b. Mason, Jan. 25, 1774; d. Oct. 31, 1852; m. Oct. 3,
1809, Mary, dau. of Isaac and Mary (Adams) Appleton (9).
His name appears upon the town record at about the date of
his marriage, but soon after he removed to Bakersfield, Vt.,
where he was a farmer for ten or twelve years, during- which
all his children were born. About 1821 he came to New Ips-
wich and occupied the Appleton farm, his wife's early home,
for twenty years, removing thence in 1842 to the John F.
Hills place upon the Turnpike, afterward the residence of his
son-in-law, S. W. Bent, where the last ten years of his life
were passed. He was a quiet, unassuming man, but one whose
opinion was prized, especially in the church, although he de-
clined official station when chosen deacon. Children :
9. i. Joseph Appleton, b. July 22, 1812; d. Apr. 20, 1833. He was
a student in Yale College at the time of his death.
10. ii. Emily Maria, b. Oct. 23, 1814; d. June 11, 1833, unm.
11. iii. Mary Narcissa, b. Aug. 24, 1816; d. May 28, 1872; m. Aug.
3, 1836, Samuel W. Bent (1).
12. iv. Dora Everett, b. Jan. 10, 1820; m. June 23, 1842, Dr. Edward,
son of Dr. Matthias and Rebecca Spalding. She lived at
Nashua, where she had three children.
5. Charles*' (Charles^ Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey^,
Humphrey^), b. Sept. 24, 1773; d. Sept. 3, 1836; m. at Concord,
Mass., Oct. 15, 1799, Martha, dau. of Jonas and Mary (Hall)
Minott [b. Oct. 17, 1771; d. 1842]. He graduated from Dart-
mouth College in 1794, and soon after entered into trade at
the foot of the old Meeting-house Hill in partnership with
Samuel Appleton, whom after a few years he followed to
Boston, and there continued busily engaged in commercial
matters until 1814, when he returned to his native town. For
the remainder of his life he was a prominent figure in its
activities, having a leading place in the formation of the man-
ufacturing companies and in the establishment of the bank,
representing the town in the Legislature for several years,
and being practically the founder of the Unitarian church and
the leading supporter during its brief life. Children — the
first three born in New Ipswich, the last two in Boston :
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13.
1.
14.
ii.
15.
iii.
16.
iv.
17.
V.
Barrett
George, b. Dec. 15, 1801.+
Mary Ann, b. Nov. 12, 1802; d. Aug., 1875; m. (1) May 1,
1820, Silas Bullard (J. 8) ; (2) Sept. 13, 1838, Alfred C.
Hersey [d. Mar. 8, 1888].
Juliet Maria, b. Dec. 22, 1804; d. May 22, 1808.
Charles, b. Jan. 11, 1807.-|-
Edward Augustus, b. June 17, 1811; d. May 2, 1834.
13. George^ (Charles*', Charles^ Thomas*, Benjamin^,
Humphrey^ Humphrey^), b. Dec. 15, 1801; d. Oct. 4, 1862;
m. at Greenfield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1831, Frances Hall, dan. of
Ambrose and Hannah (Allen) Ames [b. Nov. 18, 1809; d.
1887]. In early manhood he entered into business in Boston,
and thus continued until 1842, when he returned to New
Ipswich and assumed the cashiership of the bank, which he
successfully managed until removed by disease. He lived for
a few years after his return in the brick dwelling built by
his father at Bank Village ; after the removal of the bank to
the Center Village, first the "Bullard house" and afterwards
the family mansion became his home. Children :
18. i. Edward Augustus, b. May 18, 1834.+
19. ii. George Robert, b. May 17, 1844; m. Apr. 21, 1880, Elizabeth
M., dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Crocker) Lawrence, and
widow of George L. Barr. For a few years he was occu-
pied in the sale of books, but afterward devoted himself
to the collection of historical letters, broadsides, and en-
gravings relative to the Colonial and Revolutionary period,
of which rare treasures his collection is exceptionally large
and valuable. His interleaved and illustrated copy of Ban-
croft's History is unique in its magnitude and value. While
preferring a city residence during the greater part of the
year, he is still of New Ipswich, retaining and keeping in
order the family mansion and serving as president of the
trustees of Appleton Academy.
16. Charles'^ (Charles^ Charles^ Thomas*, Benjamin^
Humphrey^ Humphrey^), b. Jan. 11, 1807; d. Feb. 9, 1862;
m. May 31, 1830, (by Ralph Waldo Emerson,) Abby B., dau.
of Edmund (builder of the old ship Constitution) and Mehit-
able (Lambert) Hart [b. Nov. 17, 1809; d. Nov. 24, 1877.] At
the age of five years he lost his hearing from the action of
medicine given during a severe illness. He was educated in
the asylum for deaf-mutes in Hartford, Conn., and he was
treasurer of the New England Gallaudet Association of Deaf-
Mutes from its formation in 1852 until his death. For a few
years he was engaged in trade at Bank Village, William W.
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Johnson being his partner, and he resided in the brick
dwelling-house erected for him by his father at the time of
his marriage ; after the death of his mother he removed to
the homestead mansion ; this he sold to his brother George
in 1848, and passed his remaining years in Boston. His bodily
deprivation could not shut him within himself. Of him it was
said : "To all who were permitted to know him his short and
comparatively uneventful life suggests many sweet and beau-
tiful memories — memories of gracious, kindly intercourse, of
serene cheerfulness, of Christian content." Children — born
in New Ipswich :
20. i. Julia Maria, b. May 11, 1832; m. Dec. 21, 1858, Charles, son
of Reuben and Mary (Wetherbee) Marsh [b. 1829; d. July
9, 1886]. She lived in Boston. Children: i. Edith Barrett
Marsh, h. Mar. 24, 1863; m. Oct. 21, 1884, George Binney.
(Children: i. George Hayvvard Binney, Jr., b. Jan. 20, 1886.
ii. Edith Marsh Binney, b. Jan. 10, 1888; d. March 6, 1895.)
ii. Mabel Minott Marsh, b. Mar. 4, 1867; m. June 9, 1888,
Arthur N. Milliken. iii. Charles Reuben Marsh, b. Mar 2,
1872; d. at Sharon, Mass., Mar. 16, 1908.
21. ii. Mary Darracott, b. June 28, 1840.
22. iii. Charles, b. July 21, 1844; d. Aug. 31, 1845.
18. Edward Augustus^ (George'^, Charles^, Charles^,
Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey-, Humphrey^), b. May 18,
1834; d. Mar. 11, 1883; m. Sept. 26, 1860, Georgianna M., dau.
of Wells and Maria (Bailey) Chase [b. 1840; d. 1883]. He
was in business in the West for a few years, but passed the
later years of his life in the family home. Children :
23. i. George Wells, b. Aug. 1, 1863. 4-
24. ii. Charles Edward, b. Sept. 14, 1865. -|-
25. iii. Frances Ames, b. Nov. 10, 1867; m. May 24, 1893, George
Augustus Hopkins of Boston. Child : i. Barrett Hopkins,
b. Jan. 30, 1906.
26. iv. Blanche, b. Dec. 26, 1872; d. May 2, 1874.
23. George Wells^ (Edward A.^, George^ Charles^
Charles^, Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey^, Humphrey^), b.
Aug. 1, 1863; m. Jamestown, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1890, Caroline
Whitney. He was engaged in banking, and later in the in-
ternal revenue service. Children :
27. i. Agnes, b. June 13, 1902.
28. ii. Frances Ames, b. Nov. 22, 1903; d. Dec. 16, 1906.
29. iii. Jean, b. Mar. 3, 1912.
24. Charles Edward^ (Edward A.^ George^ Charles^,
Charles^ Thomas*, Benjamin^, Humphrey^ Humphrey'), b.
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Sept. 14, 1865; m. May 31, 1894, Beulah Gertrude Hildreth
(30). He is bank cashier in Winchester, Mass., where he
resides. Children :
30. i. Hildreth, b. Apr. 27, 1899.
31. ii. Rebecca, b. May 24, 1904.
BARTLETT.
Joseph' Bartlett, d. Dec. 26, 1702; m. Oct. 27, 1668, Mary Waite
[d. Dec. 21, 1721]. He was early at Newton, Mass., whither he probably
came from Cambridge. His home was on the side of the hill where now
is the Baptist Theological Seminary.
Joseph- (Joseph'), b. Mar. 5, 1673; d. 1734; m. (1) Hannah [d. Dec,
1730]; (2) 1732, Mercy Hyde [b. about 1671; d. June, 1750].
Joseph' (Joseph^, Joseph'), b. Apr. 8, 1703; m. Feb., 1731, Zebiah
1. Samuel* (Joseph^ Joseph^, Joseph^, b. Mar. 9, 1732; d.
Jan. 27, 1812; m. (pub. Sept. 1, 1760) Elizabeth, sister of
Isaac Appleton (1) [bapt. Oct. 24, 1736; d. May 4, 1817]. He
seems to have lived in his ancestral town of Newton until
1771, when he came to New Ipswich and settled upon XIII :
2, S. R., afterward long the home of Richard Wheeler, and
there he passed his life. Children :
2. i. Isaac, b. Oct. 8, 1761.
3. ii. Samuel, b. July 18, 1763.
4. iii. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 9, 1765 ; d. 1790.
5. iv. Daniel, b. Jan. 8, 1767.
6. V. Noah, b. Dec. 25, 1768.+
7. vi. Lydia, b. Feb. 3, 1771.
8. vii. Elizabeth, b. July 20, 1773; d. Jan. 28, 1790.
9. viii. Sarah, b. Sept. 10, 1776; d. Nov. 27, 1803; m. May 16, 1802,
Timothy Fox (2).
10. ix. John, b. May 7, 1779; d. Oct. 4, 1802.
11. X. Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1781; m. Aug. 21, 1817, Daniel Giles (4).
6. NoAH^ (Samuel*, Joseph^, Joseph^, Joseph^), b. Dec. 25,
1768; d. Sept. 14, 1809; m. Nov. 17, 1799, Mary Hills (3). He
remained at the home of his boyhood, and although he died in
middle life he became a leading citizen. He was town clerk
for two years, a selectman during the last twelve years of his
life, and also represented the town in the Legislature the last
seven years. He was elected a deacon two years before his
death. Children :
12. i. George Everett, b. May 17, 1801; d. Sept. 24, 1820.
13. ii. Lydia, b. Aug. 14, 1802; d. Nov. 11, 1804.
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14. iii. John, b. Jan. 22, 1804; d. about 1826, unm. He had purposed
to enter the ministry, and had studied at Andover Theo-
logical Seminary; but before the completion of his course
of study he, the last survivor of a family which had per-
ished from consumption, was attacked by the same disease,
and while on his way south in hope of relief, he died in
New Jersey. What remained of the family property he
bequeathed to the American Board of Missions.
BATCHELDER— BATCHELLER.
The New Ipswich records and gravestones present this family name
in several varying forms, but an examination of early records forbids
the conclusion that such orthographic variations necessarily indicate dif-
ferent origins. The New England families bearing some form of this
name appear to have descended from several different emigrant ancestors;
but the two branches appearing in New Ipswich are found to have sprung
from a common stock, despite the fact that, with by no means infrequent
variations, each of them has adhered to its chosen one of the two forms
given above.
The name of their common ancestor is uncertain, but probably was
Joseph. He is not known to have removed from England, but it is be-
lieved that three of his sons, Joseph, John, and Henry came from Canter-
bury, Kent, England, about 1636, and founded the Salem branch of the
family. Henry and his wife, Martha, however, left no issue; the de-
scendants of both the other brothers have had a part in the building of
New Ipswich.
Joseph' Batcheller, d. about 1657 ; m. Elizabeth . He is be-
lieved to have made a home in that part of Salem which was afterward
set off as Wenham.
John' Batchelder, b. about 1610; d. Nov. 13, 1675; m. Elizabeth
[d. Nov. 10, 1675]. He had a grant of land in 1639, in that part of
Salem which is now Beverly, and was made a freeman in the following
year.
JoHN^' (Joseph'), bapt. Jan. 20, 1638; d. Mar. 22, 1729; m. (1) July
12, 1661, Mary Dennis; (2) May 4, 1666, Sarah, dau. of Robert Goodale
of Salem. He probably resided near the place of his birth.
John' (John'), b. June 23, 1650; d. Aug. 6, 1684; m. Aug. 14, 1673,
Mary, prob. dau. of Zachariah and Mary (Dodge) Herrick [b. Oct. 10,
1654; d. Aug. 19, 1684]. He was a cooper living in that part of Salem
which is now Beverly.
Ebenezer^ (John", Joseph'), b. about 1673; d. 1747; m. Sarah, dau.
of Samuel Tarbox of Lynn, Mass.
Jonathan' (John=, John'), b. Mar. 29, 1678; d. Apr., 1740; m. Ruth,
dau. of William and Ruth (Hull) Raymond |b. 1690; d. 1736]. He was a
prominent citizen, and represented Salem in the General Court.
JosiAH^ (Ebenezer^ John", Joseph'), b. Wenham, 1709; d. 1786; m.
1740, Hannah Kimball. He passed his life in Wenham, but all his chil-
dren removed to New Ipswich, the sons before his death, and the daugh-
ters with their mother in 1787. Children :
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1. i. Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1746/7; d. Jan. 2, 1827.
2. ii. Joseph, b. Feb. 19, 1748/9.+
3. iii. Abigail, b. May 28, 1751; d. Dec. 8, 1838.
4. iv. JosiAH, b. Dec. 19, 1753.+
Jonathan' (Jonathan', John', John'), b. 1720; d. Oct. 19, 1776; m.
Apr. 10, 1745, Hephzibah, dau. of Daniel and Lucy (Dodge) Conant [b.
Beverly, Oct. 16, 1729]. He was lieutenant in the company which marched
from Salem on the Concord alarm, 1775.
2. Joseph^ (Josiah*, Ebenezer^ John-, Joseph^), b. Feb.
19, 1748; d. Wallingford, Vt., 1812; m. (1) Dec. 31, 1771,
Elizabeth Merry of Marblehead, Mass. [b. Aug. 10, 1752, N.
S.; d. Feb. 1, 1809] ; (2) Rebecca , who soon became in-
sane. He came to New Ipswich in 1780 and followed the busi-
ness of a carpenter and cabinet maker, the occupation of many
members of the family, until his removal from town after the
loss of a home caused by his wife's insanity. His first place
of residence in the town was on or near the site afterward
occupied by the house of Rev. Stephen Farrar, a short dis-
tance northwesterly from the church, but he soon built a
house nearer the church in a southeast direction, long occu-
pied by his family, afterward by the widow Fisk, and now the
summer home of Henry T. Champney. Children;
6. i. Joseph, b. Marblehead, Mass., Jan. 27, 1773.+
7. ii. John Merry, b. Marblehead, Mass., Mar. 14, 1775; d. Oct. 13,
1849; m. Mary Simonds of Billerica [b. about 1777; d. Dec.
22, 1861]. He passed his life as a carpenter and cabinet
maker, his first home after marriage being in a small house
near the brook crossing* the road a little to the east of the
present Baptist church, until he built a house between the
present sites of the two cottages upon the north side of
the turnpike fifteen or twenty rods below the crossing of
the road from the starch factory. Child : Z7 . i. Frederic
M., b. about 1805 ; d. Sept. 19, 1830.
8. iii. Elizabeth, b. Wenham, Nov. 1, 1779; d. Feb. 6, 1842. She
passed her life in New Ipswich, living for many years in
the family of her youngest brother, and conducting a very
successful business as a tailoress. often having four em-
ployees in her shop.
9. iv. Hannah, b. New Ipswich, July 30, 1782; d. Feb. 4, 1838. She
passed her life as a tailoress in her native town, living for
many years on the spot afterward occupied by the school-
house of District No. 13, and also caring for her aunts,
Hannah and Abigail, often called the "two old bachelors
and the two old maids."
10. v. JosiAH, b. Sept. 2, 1783 ; d. Mar. 25, 1784.
11. vi. JosiAH, b. Jan. 30, 1785; d. Feb. 4, 1785.
12. vii. Polly, b. May 2, 1786; d. May 6, 1786.
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13. viii. Polly, b. Nov. 30, 1787 ; d. Nov. 30, 1787.
14. ix. Oliver, b. Jan. 6, 1791; d. July 1, 1816; unm. He was a
cabinet maker.
15. X. Moses, b. June 22, 1793.+
16. xi. Hervey, b. Nov. 28, 1795.+
4. JosiAH^ (Josiah*, Ebenezer^ John^, Joseph^), b. Dec. 19,
1753; d. May 2, 1812; m. Ruth Fletcher (37). He came to New
Ipswich at about the same time as his brother, and was the
village blacksmith for many years, living in the house upon
the west side of the street running southerly from the Baptist
church, and since occupied in succession by Dea. John Clark
and his son Peter. His shop was situated just across the
street from his house, and was destroyed by fire in 1812.
Children — all born in New Ipswich:
17. i. JosiAH, b. Nov. 20, 1787.+
18. ii. Ruth, b. Mar. 27, 1789; d. June 1, 1811.
19. iii. Peter, b. July 20, 1794; d. New Orleans, La., while a young
man.
20. iv. William Kimball, b. Aug. 4, 1798; d. Aug. 4, 1811.
21. V. Washington Adams, b. Apr. 30, 1808.+
5. Samuel'^ (Jonathan*, Jonathan^, John-, John^), b. Jan. 1,
1755; d. Feb. 17, 1814; m. (pub. Jan. 13, 1782) Elizabeth, dau.
of Peter and Mary (Rea) Woodbury [d. Feb. 11, 1835] and
also great-granddaughter of John and Hannah (Tarbox) Batch-
eller, brother and sister of Ebenezer^ and Sarah (Tarbox)
Batcheller. He served in the company with his father at the
time of his father's death. He removed from Beverly to New
Hampshire in 1785, and commenced business as a baker in a
very small way in the house long occupied by Benjamin Davis
in the Davis Village, (northeast corner of XIII : 1, S. R.)
He also had a small store, which in time came to be managed
by his sons. He prospered in his business, and upon the open-
ing of the Turnpike he erected the ''Peppermint Tavern," (61,
N. D.,) which for a long time had such a reputation as being
the best public-house between Boston and Keene that travel-
ers and teamsters, whose wagons drawn by four horses served
the public in place of the freight trains of the present, would
often shorten or extend the day's journey in order to rest at
it. Children — all born at New Ipswich, except the eldest:
22. i. Samuel, b. Jaffrey, June 8, 1784.-f-
23. ii. Peter, b. Sept. 12, 1786.-f-
24. iii. Betsey, b. Jan. 16, 1789; d. 1857; m. Jan. 18, 1814, Moody
Adams (R. 1).
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25. iv. William, b. May 24, 1791; d. Nov. 18, 1811.
26. V. Nancy, b. June 20, 1793; m. Rev. Phineas Pratt (2).
27. vi. Daniel, b. 1795; d. 1796.
28. vii. Mary, b. Apr. 18, 1797; d. Feb. 9, 1879; m. Silas Wheeler (75).
29. viii. Czarina, b. Dec. 22, 1800; m. Joel Parker.
30. ix. Fanny, b. June 16, 1804; m. Rev. Jonathan Tucker of Saco,
Me.
6. Joseph*^ (Joseph^ Josiah*, Ebenezer^, John-, JosephM,
b. Marbleliead, Mass., Jan. 27, 1773; m. 1796, Hannah, dau.
of Samuel Trull. He left his native town soon after reaching
his majority, and pursued his father's calling of cabinet maker
in other parts of the state ; for a time he resided in Billerica,
where his wife died. Children :
31. i. Joseph, b. Apr. 25, 1797.
7>2. ii. JosiAH, b. May 28, 1799.
iZ. iii. Hannah, b. Oct. 28, 1800; m. June 25, 1822, James H. Fames
of Reading, Mass.
34. iv. SoPHRONiA, b. May 20, 1802; m. May 17, 1825, William Taintor
of Boston.
35. V. Eliza, b. Feb. 20, 1804.
36. vi. Brooks Trull, b. Jan. 7, 1813.
15. Moses*' (Joseph^ Josiah*, Ebenezer^, John-, Joseph^),
b. June 2, 1793; d. Jan. 12, 1829; m. (pub. Jan., 1818) Lucy M.
Nash of Dorset, Vt. He was a carpenter in Williamstown and
died there. Children :
38. i. Harriet M., b. Jan. 19, 1819.
39. ii. George H., b. Jan. 7, 1820.
40. iii. Kimball, b. May 22, 1821.
41. iv. Addison, b. Nov. 16, 1822.
42. V. Eliza May, b. May 8, 1824.
43. vi. Alva N., b. Mar. 2, 1826.
44. vii. Alvin B., b. Mar. 2, 1826.
45. viii. Oliver, b. Dec. 2, 1828; d. June 25, 1830.
16. Hervey^ (Joseph^ Josiah*, Ebenezer^ John-, Joseph^),
b. Nov. 28, 1795; d. Sept. 16, 1857; m. Apr., 1832, Sally, dau.
of James and Nabby (Childs) Buchanan of Waltham, Mass.
[b. Apr. 1, 1805; d. June 10, 1865]. He continued the family
industry as carpenter and cabinet maker, and lived in the
house at the foot of Meeting-house Hill around which the
road to the Baptist church and postoffice bends. Children :
46. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Apr. 11, 1833; d. Aug. 20, 1909. She
was educated at New Ipswich Academy, and at the age of
nineteen began her work as a teacher in which she con-
tinued until near the close of her life, a period sufficient
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to make further evidence of success superfluous. Her work
was largely in the cities of Boston and New York, and the
latter was her home after the end of her work.
47. ii. Hervey Buchanan, b. May 16, 1836; d. Jan. 28, 1912, unm.
His life was largely occupied with the duties of a pro-
fessional nurse in New York.
48. iii. Mary Abigail, b. Apr. 13, 1838; d. Mar. 9. 1842.
49. iv. Oliver Merry, b. May 1, 1840; unm. He is a business man in
Minneapolis, Minn.
17. JosiAH® (Josiah^, Josiah*, Ebenezer^, John^, Joseph^), b.
Nov. 20, 1787; m. Rebecca Billing's. He was a blacksmith,
and for a time was his father's partner. Children :
50. i. Ira Alonzo, was fatally scalded in early life.
William Kimball.
Ruth Ann, m. (1) about Mar. 1, 1836, Levi Ward [d. Mar.
22, 1836] ; (2) Chase.
Mary Rebecca.
Martha Maria.
21. Washington Adams® (Josiah^, Josiah*, Ebenezer^,
John", Joseph^), b. Apr. 30, 1808; m. his cousin, Adelaide
Fletcher (63). He removed to Brooklyn, N. Y. Children:
51.
ii.
52.
iii.
53.
iv.
54.
V.
55.
Adelaide A.
56.
ii.
Clara, d. unm.
57.
iii.
Josephine, d. unm.
58.
iv.
LuciLLA, d. young.
59.
V.
Eugene, d. young.
60.
vi.
Henry Kent.-}-
22. Samuel** (SamueP, Jonathan*, Jonathan^, John-, John^),
b. Jaffrey, Jtine 8, 1784; d. Feb. 5, 1879; m. Aug. 26, 1810,
Mary, dau. of Gen. John Montgomery of Haverhill, N. H.
[b. Mar. 5, 1780; d. Apr. 24, 1869]. He early showed his
mercantile instincts, and at the age of sixteen he practically
conducted his father's store. At the age of twenty he opened
a store in Peterboro, later removing to Exeter, but in 1808
he returned to New Ipswich and occupied the store on the
Turnpike at the corner of the Temple road until it was burned
in 1812, when he built the brick building known since that
time as "the corner store" and traded there until his removal
from town. While still a young man he became greatly in-
terested in the manufacture of cotton goods, then taking form
in the town, entered upon it, and for the rest of his life was
especially devoted to that interest. With the birth of Lowell
he went thither and came to have a very prominent position
in the manufactures of that city and of other places, being
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president of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, the Ap-
pleton Company, the Essex Company, the Everett Mills, the
York Manufacturing Company, and the Exeter Manufacturing
Company, together possessing capital, truly enormous in those
days, of $5,000,000. His own inventions had no small place
in the prosperity of the various undertakings in which he was
so earnestly engaged for a period of 62 years, and during
those years of constant advance in methods his mind kept pace
with the increasing demands of the market and he wielded
a facile pen in support of his own views. His tastes were
literary, and he was a frequent contributor to magazines and
journals, even till he reached four score years and ten. ?Ie
represented New Ipswich in the Legislature for six years,
and he afterward sat in the Massachusetts Legislature. He
resided in Lowell for several years and was one of the first
board of selectmen of that new town. He removed to Saco,
Me., in 1831, and there made his home for fifteen years, after
which he established himself in Cambridge, Mass., where he
was a member of its first board of aldermen and resided for
a third of a century. Children :
61. i. John Montgomery, b. Oct. 12, 1811. +
62. ii. William, b. Dec. 12, 1813; d. May 21, 1857; m. Nov. 14,
1842, Caroline Augusta, dau. of Dr. Thomas G. and Sarah
(Cutto) Thornton [b. Saco, Me., Aug. 14, 1814; d. Saco,
1899]. He prepared for college at Lancaster, Mass., and
entered Harvard College in 1830, but did not complete his
course of study. He resided at Andover, Mass., where he
was an amateur farmer.
63. iii. Mary Anne, b. Aug. 2, 1815; d. Lowell, Oct. 31, 1827.
64. iv. Horace, b. Oct. 11, 1817; d. Saco, Feb. 11, 1842, unm.
65. V. Isabella, b. Sept. 2, 1819.-(-
66. vi. Edward Everett, b. Sept. 19, 1821; d. Sept. 24, 1821.
67. vii. Eugene, b. Nov. 13, 1822.+
68. viii. Francis Lowell, b. Apr. 2, 1825. +
69. ix. Samuel, b. Jan. 9, 1830.+
23. Peter'' (SamueF, Jonathan^ Jonathan^ John-, John^),
b. Sept. 12, 1786; d. Sept., 1867; m. Margaret Mitchell. Child:
70. i. A daughter, m. Bradford. Res. in Francestown.
60. Henry Kent^ (Washington Adams^ Josiah^ Josiah*,
Ebenezer^ John-, Joseph^). He resided in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children :
71. i. Estella, a teacher in Brooklyn.
72. ii. Harry.
73. iii. Adeline.
74. iv. John. He has two children, Blanch and Hattie.
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61. John Montgomery^ (SamueP, SamueP, Jonathan*, Jon-
athan^, John^, John^), b. Oct. 12, 1811 ; d. July 8, 1892; m. (1)
1843, Mary Elizabeth Wood; (2) Eliza Constantia (Bird)
Beardsley [d. 1898]. He was a civil engineer at York. Me.,
and at Lawrence, Mass., and for a time had charge of a mill
in Ipswich, Mass. He then became connected with the United
States Coast Survey, and was active in the investigation of a
great variety of scientific questions, in which he was asso-
ciated with many of the leading American scientists. He was
the inventor of many valuable scientific devices. He was
elected member of the American Academy, and was also a
member of many other scientific societies, retaining his earnest
and active interest in such matters to the end of his long life.
Children :
75. i. Horace, b. Saco, Me., 1844; d. 1844.
76. ii. Isabella, b. Sept. 28, 1846. Resides in Boston.
11. iii. Arthur Montgomery, b. 1851 ; d. 1856.
65. Isabella^ (Samuel*', Samuel^, Jonathan*, Jonathan^,
John^, John^), b. Sept. 2, 1819; d. Aug. 6, 1901 ; m. Dec. 3. 1851,
Thomas Potts James of Philadelphia. She lived in Philadel-
phia until 1869, then in Cambridge until 1885, and afterward
in England, her home being at Ottery-St. Mary, Devon,
where she died. During the Civil War she devoted much
time to the Sanitary Commission and hospital work, being
prominent in patriotic activities, and she was afterward presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Freedmen's Commission, and also
interested in other similar work. In later life she was largely
engaged in antiquarian, historic, and genealogical study, and
was a member of many societies of that general character.
A worthy ode from her pen sung at the Centennial Celebra-
tion of New Ipswich may be recalled here. Children :
i. Mary Isabella James, b. Burlington, N. J., Sept. 19, 1852;
m. Feb. 4, 1885, Silvio M. de Gozaldi of Denno, Tyrol,
Austria. She lived in Europe until 1898, and since that
time in Cambridge, where she succeeded to her father's
home. Four children.
ii. Montgomery James, b. Philadelphia Dec. 20, 1853; d. Phila-
delphia Dec. 24, 1895, unm. He graduated from Harvard
College in 1876, receiving the degree of S. B. He was a
civil engineer in Mexico and in South Africa, served in
the British army during the Zulu war, and was afterward
in the employ of King Leopold of Belgium in the Congo
State.
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iii. Clarence Gray James, b. June 30, 1856; d. Mar. 13, 1892,
unm. He pursued special work in chemistry at Harvard
College, and was afterward a manufacturing chemist in
Philadelphia.
iv. Frances Batchelder James, b. Sept. 26, 1859; m. John Rose-
Troup, son of Gen. Sir Colin Troup. She resides at Ottery-
St. Mary, Devon, England. One son.
67. Eugene^ (Samuel^ SamueP, Jonathan*, Jonathan^
John^, John^), b. Nov. 13, 1822; d. Oct. 8, 1878; m. June 16,
1864, Caroline Augusta Deshon [d. Sept., 1904]. He studied at
Harvard Law School, receiving the degree of LL. B. in 1845.
He lived at Dover, Mass. He was greatly devoted to English,
French, and German literature, and had the poet's place at
the centennial celebration of his native town. A very con-
siderable number of poems were published. Child :
78. i. Maude Augusta, b. Apr. 28, 1872; m. Apr. 14, 1909, Charles
Peter Vosburgh of New York City. She studied at Rad-
clifife College, and follows on practically the lines of her
father's literary pursuits.
68. Francis Lowell^ (Samuel*', Samuel^ Jonathan*, Jona-
than^, John^, John^, b. Lowell, Apr. 2, 1825; d. Feb. 9, 1858;
m. Dec. 2, 1851, Susan Cabot, dau. of Charles Chauncy Foster
[d. Apr., 1900]. He prepared for college at Saco, Me., studied
at Harvard College and Harvard Law School, receiving the
degree of A. B. in 1844 and LL. B. in 1848. He practised
law in Boston for some years, having his home at Cambridge,
until failing health caused him to seek a milder climate at
Hibernia, Fla., where he died. Children:
79. i. Amy, b. Sept. 9, 1852; d. July 5, 1881, unm.
80. ii. Charles Foster, b. July 15, 1856; m. Laura P., dau. of Lin-
coln R. Stone of Newton. He prepared for college at
Cambridge high school, and graduated from Harvard Col-
lege with the degree A. B. in 1878. He devoted himself
to ornithology, and for many years was president of the
National Ornithological Society. He has four sons : Philip
Stone, Francis Lowell, Charles Foster, and Lawrence.
69. Samuel'^ (Samuel^ SamueP, Jonathan*, Jonathan^,
John-, John^), b. Jan. 9, 1830; d. Apr. 24, 1888; m. June 20,
1867, Marianne Giles, dau. of Gov. Emory Washburn [b. Wor-
cester, Nov. 24, 1831]. He was a lawyer in Boston. Children :
81. i. Emory Washburn, b. Apr. 4, 1868; d. Aug. 20, 1869.
82. ii. Samuel Francis, b. Mar. 10, 1870. He graduated from Har-
vard College and Law School, A. B. 1893, LL. D. 1898. He
is a lawyer in Boston, and is also engaged in historical and
literary pursuits.
83. iii. Mary Emory, b. Mar. 25, 1873.
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BATEMAN.
Thomas* Bateman, d. Feb. 6, 1669; m. (1) Martha [d. Aug. 3,
1665] ; (2) Jan. 27, 1668, Margaret Knight [m. (2) Feb. 7, 1670, Nathaniel
Ball; d. Apr. 18, 1709]. According to tradition he came from England
in 1630 and settled in Concord, Mass., in 1635, and there is little doubt
that he was the man to whom the Concord records given above relate.
The record of his children is apparently incomplete, but circumstantial
evidence strongly supports the following line of descent.
Thomas^ (Thomas*), m. Apr. 25, 1672, Abigail, dau. of George and
Susanna Meriam [b. (probably) July 15, 1647; d. July 14, 1684]. He
lived in Concord, where he was known as "Sergeant Bateman."
John' (Thomas', Thomas'), b. Apr. 12, 1679; m. Elizabeth [d.
Nov. 20, 1715]. He lived in Concord.
John' (John^ Thomas', Thomas*), b. Oct. 18, 1706; m. Feb. 10,
1731/2, Anna, dau. of Timothy' and Lydia' Wheeler [b. Nov. 26, 1713].
He also passed his life in Concord.
Jonas^ (John^ John', Thomas', Thomas*), b. June 17, 1735; m. Jan.
27, 1757, Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Fletcher [b. Sept. 20,
1736]. He continued the family in Concord.
Jonas' (Jonas', John', John', Thomas', Thomas*), b. Nov. 21, 1769;
d. Oct. 17, 1824; m. 1791, Lydia Buttrick [b. 1763; d. Mar. 9, 1845]. He
removed from Concord after the birth of his first child and settled in
Chelmsford, Mass.
1. Charles'^ (Jonas", Jonas^, John*, John^, Thomas^,
Thomas^), b. about 1793; d. May 7, 1861; m. 1817. Czarina
Thompson of Swanzey [b. about 1800; d. ]\iay 17, 1853]. He
came from Harvard, Mass., to New Ipswich about 1823, and
passed his life in the town as blacksmith, for many years in
the shop at the west end of the Village Green, under the wil-
low near the Jo Kidder Brook, and later in other places in
the Center Village. His first home was in the old tavern
building of Jonathan Dix, and after its destruction by fire in
1826 he built upon its site the present house long the home
of Rev. Samuel Lee. He was a selectman in 1843. Children :
3. i. Lucy Williams, b. Swanzey July 10, 1819; d. July 3, 1890;
m. May 16, 1847, George E. Nutting, who for a time was
a butcher on the Woolson farm, IV: 2, S. R., but later re-
moved to Jersey City, N. J. She had two daughters while
resident in New Ipswich, both of whom died young.
4. ii. Amanda Malvina, b. Harvard, Mass., Nov. 5, 1820; d. Apr.
3, 1902; m. Mar. 25, 1852, Charles Boardman. Res. in Bos-
ton, where he was in the employ of the Boston & Lowell
railroad.
5. iii. Ann Maria, b. Harvard, Mass., Dec. 10, 1821 ; d. May 6,
1893; m. Mar. 8, 1849, Isaiah W. Barnum of New York
city.
6. iv. Arabella Semira, b. July 20, 1823; d. Jan. 2, 1824.
7. V. Josephine Angelia, b. Nov. 27, 1824; d. Aug. 2, 1825.
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8. vi. Arabella Augusta, b. Mar. 14, 1826; m. (1) May 16, 1847,
Samuel S. Brown (J. 1) ; (2) John Warner.
9. vii. Charles Thompson, b. July 17, 1828; d. Sept. 27, 1828.
10. viii. Charles Augustus, b. Aug. 20, 1830.+
11. ix. Alfreda Thompson, b. Sept. 21, 1831; m. Mar. 16, 1854, James
R. Elliot of Mason. He was a publisher in Boston. Res.
in Everett, Mass. Children: i. James Elliot, d. aged 2
days. ii. Arthur Elliot, d. aged 4 years, iii. Grace Elliot,
b. May 28, 1860. Supervisor of public schools of Everett.
12. X. Semira Jane, b. Apr. 13, 1833; d. Sept. 23, 1861. She had a
large tailoring establishment in Boston.
13. xi. George Frederic, b. about 1835.+
14. xii. Andrew Plummer, b. Mar. 10, 1837.+
15. xiii. Harriet Josephine, b. Dec. 1, 1838; m. Sept. 21, 1865, George
H., son of Charles Bullard. Res. Dorchester, Mass. Chil-
dren: i. George Arthur Bullard, b. July 14, 1866; unm. ;
he has an advertising agency in Boston, ii. IVilliani Osgood
Billiard, h. May 30, 1868; unm.; he is in the employ of a
boot and shoe house in Boston, iii. Clarence Paul Bullard,
b. Sept. 11, 1872; d. Feb., 1874. Three other children who
died young are not borne upon the record.
2. John'^ (Jonas*', Jonas^ John*, John^, Thomas^, Thomas^).
He came to New Ipswich a few years later than his brother,
and worked with him several years, afterward removing to
Ohio.
10. Charles Augustus^ (Charles^, Jonas*', Jonas^, John*,
John^, Thomas^ Thomas^), b. Aug. 20, 1830; d. Oct., 1906;
m. Aug. 20, 1854, Elizabeth Miller of Fitchburg. Mass. He
was a hardware dealer in Charlestown, Mass. Children :
16. i. Harriet, d. aged 4 years.
17. ii. Frederic, d. in infancy.
18. iii. Leon Herbert, d. aged 26 years. He entered Tufts College,
afterward studied law and had begun practice in Boston.
19. iv. Frank Elliot. He graduated from Tufts College in 1887,
from Harvard Medical School in 1894, and is in practice at
Somerville, Mass.
20. v. Ernest, d. aged 17 years, while a student in Tufts College.
13. George Frederic® (Charles'', Jonas*', Jonas^ John*,
John^ Thomas^ Thomas^), b. about 1835; d. in Colorado.
Fie went westward in early manhood, settled in Colorado, and
"grew up with the state," living in different places, but finally
becoming a dealer in tin and hardware at Salida. Children :
21. i. Semira, d. young.
22. ii. Alfreda, d. in infancy.
23. iii. Frederic. He succeeded to his father's business.
24. iv. Walter. He is also in the family business.
25. V. Josephine, m. and has a famity. Res. in Salida.
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14. Andrew Plummer^ (Charles^ Jonas^, Jonas^ John*,
John^ Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Mar. 10, 1837; d. June, 1906;
m. Mary Page of Westminster, Mass. He was a dealer in tin
and hardware at Winchendon, Mass. Children :
26. i. Jennie Louise, b. 1858; m. Frank W. Puffer of Fitchburg,
Mass. One daughter.
Myra, b. 1860; d. Nov. 8, 1907; m. Oilman Fogg of Charles-
town, Mass.
Harry Osgood, b. Nov. 24, 1879. Five children. He suc-
ceeded to his father's business.
Hattie, b. 1872 ; d. aged 4 years.
Clara, b. 1875 ; m. Frank R. Smith of Grand Junction, Colo.
Gertrude, b. about 1882; m. Alvin E. Donnie of Bellows Falls,
Vt.
BATES.
JoHN^ Bates, b. about 1642; d. about 1720; m. Mary . He was
a cooper and yeoman at Chelmsford, Mass.
JoHN^ (John'), d. about 1722; m. Deborah . Res. at Chelmsford.
Edward^ (John^ John'), b. about 1696; m. Mary, dau. of John Snow
of Nottingham, Mass. Res. in that part of Chelmsford which is now
Westford.
1. Joseph* (Edward^, John^, John^), b. Nov. 3, 1726; m. (1)
Phebe ; (2) Dec. 12, 1781, Mary Davis. He came from
Westford, Mass., to New Ipswich in 1751 and bought of Abi-
jah Foster the lot upon which he had built the first house of
the town, 33, N. D., including most of the land now occupied
by the Center Village north of the Village Green, now marked
by the soldiers' monument. He perhaps had a store earlier
than that of Jonathan Dix, who has generally been considered
the first trader in the town. If so, it probably was on the site
of the present Appleton House, and was sold with the farm
to David Hills about 1772. He was a very energetic chairman
of the Committee of Correspondence and Inspection in 1775,
and he gave military service in the Revolution at least on the
occasion of the Concord alarm. He is said to have been a
lieutenant and to have been present at the capture of Bur-
goyne, but his name does not appear on the State Revolu-
tionary Rolls of that time. He removed to Jaffrey about 1778,
and was a member of the Committee of Safety in that town
for that year, and later held important town offices. About
1801 he removed to the northern part of the state of New
York. Children :
2. i. Joseph, b. May 29, 1757; m. Apr. 7, 1795, Lucy, dau. of Job
Dodge of Jaffrey. He gave Revolutionary service. Child :
i. John, m. Susan Kidder; res. Potsdam, N. Y.
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3. ii. Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1759; d. May 14, 1762.
4. iii. Philip, b. July 8, 1763 ; d. Dec. 4, 1764.
5. iv. Hannah, b. Oct. 26, 1765 ; m. Lieut. Daniel Emery of Jaflfrey.
6. V. Sarah, b. Jan. 1, 1767; d. Dec. 18, 1787; m. Alexander Emes
of Dublin. Child: i. Sally Emes, d. Sept. 12, 1838; m.
Farnum Fisk; res. at Potsdam, N. Y.
7. vi. Peter, b. Mar. 21, 1770; m. Elizabeth Milliken of Sharon.
Removed to Potsdam, N. Y., 1808. Eight children.
8. vii. Anna, b. Aug. 13, 1775.
[Here the New Ipswich record of births ceases, but the
History of Jaflfrey gives additional names without dates of
birth.]
9. viii. Samuel, d. Oct. 14, 1838; m. June 21, 1810, Jenny, dau. of
Moses Cutter of Jaflfrey. Res. Bradford.
10. ix. Nancy, m. Apr. 21, 1803, Alexander Milliken of Sharon.
11. X. Isaac, m. Oct. 14, 1796, Charlotte Bryant. Removed to St.
Lawrence Co., N. Y., and thence to Springfield, 111., in 1831.
Children: i. James, h. Mar. 2, 1803; res. Potsdam, N. Y.,
and Springfield, 111. ii. Oliver; res. Potsdam, N. Y. ; four
children.
Six more children of Isaac were born in Potsdam.
BELLOWS.
John' Bellows, b. about 1623; d. 1683; m. May 9, 1655, Mary, dau.
of John and Mary Wood of Concord and Marlboro, Mass. [d. Sept. 16,
1707]. He is believed to have come to New England at the age of 12,
in the "Hopewell," but with whom he came at that early age is unknown.
His name first appears in the Concord records in 1645, and his life was
passed in that town and in Marlboro, which last-named town was the
place of his death and that of his wife.
Benjamin' (John'), b. Concord, Jan. 18, 1676/7; m. Jan. 5, 1703/4,
Dorcas (Cutler), widow of Henry Willard [d. Sept. 8, 1747]. He lived
in Lancaster, Mass., whence he removed about 1728 to Lunenburg, Mass.,
where he and his wife died.
Benjamin' (Benjamin=, John'), b. May 26, 1712; d. July 10, 1777;
m. (1) Oct. 7, 1735, Abigail' Stearns of Watertown (John', Samuel',
Isaac'), [b. June, 1708; d. Nov. 9, 1757]; (2) Apr. 21, 1758, Mary (Hub-
bard), widow of John Jennison of Lunenburg, Mass. [b. Groton, Mass.,
Apr. 12, 1725; d. Feb. 21, 1794]. He went with his parents to Lunenburg,
Mass., in 1728, and remained there until the age of forty, being a leading
citizen and elected to all the important town offices. But in 1752 he
removed to Walpole, N. H., incorporated in that year, and in this new
enterprise he held so prominent a place that he was termed the founder
of the town. The neighboring Bellows Falls perpetuate his name. In
the necessary contests with the Indians he was brave and skilful, and held
the positions of major and colonel. Henry W. Bellows, D. D., the Uni-
tarian divine and president of the Sanitary Commission during the Civil
War, was descended from Benjamin' by the line of Joseph', John',
Henry WA
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Benjamin' (Benjamin', Benjamin', John'), b. Sept. 25, 1740; d. June
4, 1802; m. Nov. 4, 1766, Phebe, dau. of Lieut. Caleb and Phebe (Lyman)
Strong and sister of Governor and Senator Caleb Strong of Massachusetts
[b. Jan. 2, 1740; d. Jan. 15, 1817]. He succeeded to his father's place as
leading citizen of Walpole, and in addition to town honors he was a
member of the state council, and also as Presidential elector voted for
George Washington, and later for John Adams. His service in the field
during the Revolution was long, and he rose to the position of general.
Caleb^ (Benjamin^ Benjamin^ Benjamin", John^), b. July 29, 1767;
d. Apr. 17, 1822; m. Mar. 6, 1791, Mary Hartwell (2). Like his father
and grandfather he passed his life in Walpole, which, however, had then
become too large to allow any man so pronounced leadership as they had
exercised. He, however, held important town offices and was a colonel in
the militia. He was a farmer and owned a very large amount of land.
He had twelve children, of whom four may be claimed by New Ipswich.
1. Ephraim Hartwell, b. Jan. 29, 1792.-)-
2. Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 22, 1795 ; d. Dec. 24, 1818. Little
is recorded concerning this member of the family, who died
in early manhood, but apparently he was a resident in New
Ipswich for several years, as his admission to the church
six years before h.is death is a matter of record.
3. Laura Livermore, b. Sept. 17, 1804; d. Jan. 9, 1878; m. Apr.
21, 1824, Dr. James Barr (2).
4. Charles Cotesworth, b. May 6, 1813. -|-
1. Ephraim Hartwell^ (Caleb^ Benjamin*, Benjamin^,
Benjamin^, John^), b. Jan. 29, 1792; d. Jan. 5, 1861; m. Nov.
24, 1818, Sarah, dau. of Roger and Mary (Hartwell) Brown,
a cousin of her mother-in-law [b. Oct. 15, 1786; d. Feb. 15,
1866]. He was adopted by his grandfather, Ephraim Hart-
well, at the age of two years. New Ipswich became his home,
and in due time he attended the Academy. He removed to
Concord, Mass., where he was a manufacturer of cotton cloth.
That heredity had its place in forming his character is in-
dicated by his captaincy of a military company in Concord.
Children :
5. i. Benjamin Franklin, b. Oct. 9, 1819; d. Feb. 27, 1823.
6. ii. Mary Brown, b. Nov. 14, 1821 ; d. June 19, 1837.
7. iii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Mar. 6, 1823 ; d. Oct. 28, 1909.
8. iv. Ephraim Hartwell, b. Jan. 10, 1825 ; d. Dec. 16, 1825.
9. v. Ephraim Hartwell, b. Aug. 18, 1826; d. Apr. 22, 1905; m.
Apr. 30, 1848, Jane L. Read [d. July 30, 1849]. Res. in
Cuba for twenty years; later after 1880 in Salem, Mass.
An inventor and manufacturer.
10. vi. George Lyman, b. Apr. 6, 1828; d. Nov. 26, 1863, unm. He
was in business at Boston for some years, and later at
Chicago. He served in the Civil War, entering as captain
in the 51st Illinois Regt., and was promoted to major. He
was killed at the battle of Missionary Ridge.
11. vii. Frances Maria, b. Feb. 18, 1831; d. Jan. 15, 1835.
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4. Charles Cotesworth^ (Calebs Benjamin*, Benjamin^
Benjamin-, John^), b. May 6, 1813; d. Sept. 7, 1872; m. Oct.
7, 1838, Abby Parker Champney (40). He followed mercan-
tile pursuits in Dubuque, Iowa, Toledo, O., and Buffalo, N. Y.,
and was also occupied with useful inventions. He was en-
gaged in the work of the Sanitary Commission during the
Civil War. All of these activities forbade for a large part of
the time his permanent residence with his family, which for
many years occupied the house built by Rev. Stephen Farrar
a little northwest from the old meeting-house on the hill.
Children :
Mary Narcissa, b. Feb. 1, 1841 ; d. July IS, 1842.
Richard Mott, b. July 6, 1843; drowned July 18, 1857.
Mary Abby, b. May 10, 1845; d. July 27, 1914; m. Nov. 23,
1867, Dr. Francis N. Gibson (1).
Charles Parker, b. Apr. 27, 1848; d. Oct. 1, 1863.
Ellen Phebe, b. Nov. 13, 1851; d. Mar. 8, 1864.
BENT.
JoHN^ Bent, b. Penton-Grafton, County Essex, England, 1596; d.
Sept. 27, 1672; m. about 1624, Martha ; [d. May 15, 1679]. He came
to America in 1638, and settled in Sudbury, Mass., w^here he died.
JoHN° (John^), b. Jan., 1636; d. Sept., 1717; m. (1) Hannah, dau. of
John and Anne Stone of Cambridge, Mass. [b. June 6, 1640] ; (2) Martha,
dau. of Matthew Rice [b. Aug. 17, 1657]. He lived in Framingham, his
name being the first upon the petition for its formation.
David^ (John^ John*), b. Framingham about 1691; d. Framingham,
Feb. 15, 1730; m. Jan. 1, 1713, Mary, dau. of Capt. Thomas Drurv.
David' (David', John', John'), b. Mar. 30, 1730; d. Rutland, Mass.,
Jan. 15, 1798; m. (1) Apr. 3, 1751, Lucy, dau. of Peter Moore of Rut-
land; (2) Oct. 2, 1783, Martha, dau. of James and Elizabeth Browning
of Rutland [b. Nov. 21, 1744; d. July 9, 1817]. He was a blacksmith and
farmer in Rutland. He served as a captain in the Revolution.
Samuel Browning' (David*, David^ John^ John'), b. Nov. 27, 1784;
d. Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 4, 1858; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1807, Hannah, dau. of
Oliver Watson, Jr. [b. Feb. 13, 1786; d. Sept. 7, 1813]; (2) Mar. 13, 1816,
Catherine, dau. of Rev. Joseph Avery of Holden, Mass. [b. Feb. 3, 1788;
d. Oct. 3, 1865]. He was a manufacturer of machine cards in Middle-
bury, Vt.
1. Samuel Watson^ (Samuel Browning^, David*, David^,
John^, John^), b. Rutland, Oct. 27, 1811; d. Feb. 6, 1861; m.
Aug. 3, 1836, Mary Narcissa, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Apple-
ton) Barrett (11). He passed his boyhood in Middlebury;
about 1827 he went to Boston, and five years later commenced
business as a dry goods merchant. He went to California in
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1849, and soon after his return in 1851 he removed to New
Ipswich and located upon the farm of his father-in-law, Joseph
Barrett, to the management of which he gave careful attention
during the rest of his life. Children :
2. i. Samuel Arthur, b. July 1, 1841. +
3. ii. Joseph Appleton, b. Feb. 22, 1843; d. Aug. 12, 1869. He
graduated from Yale in 1865 with honorable record, and
entered upon the study of law in Columbia Law School; his
failure in health forbade the completion of his course of
study.
2. Samuel Arthur^ (Samuel Watson®, Samuel Browning^
David*, David^ John^, John^), b. July 1, 1841 ; m. Aug. 30, 1890,
Mary Edna Thompson of Bridgewater, Mass. He graduated
from Yale in 1861, and from Harvard Law School in 1865. He
practiced in Boston for some years, and was at that time an
active member of the school board of the city. He was in
Europe from 1870 to 1878, and after his return for a few years
was superintendent of the schools of Nashua and afterwards
of Clinton, Mass. During those and later years he has been
especially devoted to literary pursuits, a considerable amount
of his work having been published. Child :
4. i. Mildred, b. Nov. 6, 1891.
BIGELOW.
John' Bigelow, b. about 1617; d. July 14, 1703; m. (1) Oct. 8, 1642,
Mary, dau. of John and Margaret Warren [d. Oct. 19, 1691] ; (2) Oct. 2,
1694, Sarah, dau. of Joseph Bemis. He was an early resident at Water-
town, Mass., his m.arriage being the first recorded, the record being as
follows: "1642-30-8 John Bigulah and Mary Warin joyned in mariag."
He was chosen selectman several times. Inventory of his estate, i627, 12s.
Joshua' (John'), b. Nov. 5, 1655; d. Feb. 1, 1745; m. Oct. 20, 1676,
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Mary Flagg [b. Mar. 22, 1657; d. Aug. 9,
1729]. He lived in Watertown during most of his life, but d. in West-
minster, Mass., whither his youngest son had removed. He was wounded
in King Philip's war, for which he had a grant of land in Westminster.
Joshua' (Joshua', John'), b. Nov. 25, 1677; d. May 9, 1728; m. Oct. 7,
1701, Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel Fiske. He lived in that part of Water-
town which is now in Weston.
1. John* (Joshua^ Joshua^ John^), b. June 24, 1715; d.
1787; m. Nov. 29, 1739, Grace Allen. He lived successively
in Weston, Stow, Acton, and Westford, Mass., and in the last
year of his life he came to New Ipswich, whither his son had
come the preceding year, and he is said to have remained un-
til his death,
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2. SiLAS^ (John^ Joshua^ Joshua^, John^), b. Stow, Mass.,
Mar. 17, 1750; d. May 17, 1797; m. Rachel Pitts of Townsend,
Mass. [b. Dec. 25, 1755; d. Jan. 4, 1829]. He had lived in
Westford, Lunenburg, and Ashburnham, Mass., before coming
to New Ipswich. He bought the house of Samuel Whitte-
more on lot 1, N. L. O., enlarged it and became an innholder
there. It is uncertain whether the old "Bigelow tavern" build-
ing is still included in the ruined house yet standing a little
eastward from the "Gibson schoolhouse." Children :
3. i. Silas, b. Jan. 9, 1775; d. Aug. 31, 1801.
4. ii. Daniel, b. Apr. 3, 1776; m. Betsey T., dau. of Jonathan Wil-
kins of Amherst. He remained in New Ipswich but a few
years after reaching manhood. Ten children.
5. iii. Samuel, b. Nov. 11, 1777; d. by drowning while engaged in
lumbering at Holland Purchase, N. Y. He, too, remained
in town but a few years.
6. iv. Joel, b. Feb. 27, 1779; d. Aug. 2, 1807, unm.
7. V. John, b. July 7, 1781 ; d. Nov., 1809, unm.
8. vi. An infant, b. and d. Aug. 1, 1783.
9 vii. Joseph, bapt. Nov. 13, 1785; d. June, 1786.
10. viii. Betsey, b. Nov. 8, 1788; d. Nov. 25, 1867; m. 1804, Danforth
Walker (S. 6).
11. ix. MiLLY, b. Feb. 17, 1792; m. Sept. 23, 1813, David Walker
(S. 8). Res. in Middlebury, Vt.
12. X. Luther, b. Jan. 13, 1794; d. Oct. 6, 1832. He was a doctor
in Carthage, Tenn., and Nashville, Tenn., in which last place
he died.
BINNEY.
John' Binney, d. Nov. 10, 1698; m. Mercy [d. Jan. 19, 1708/9].
He came to Hull, Mass., about 1769, probably from Worksop, Notting-
hamshire, England. He is styled "fisherman" and "gentleman."
John= (John'), b. May 31, 1679; d. Hull, June 30, 1759; m. (1) May
31, 1704, Hannah, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Shaw) Paine [b. about
1685; d. Jan. 14, 1757]; (2) Dec. 15, 1757, Mrs. Sarah Crosby of Boston.
John' (John', John'), b. Hull, Apr. 23, 1705; d. Lincoln, Mass., Aug.
14, 1760; m. Oct. 21, 1726, Hannah Jones. He was a doctor. He removed
from Hull to Mendon about 1730, and to Weston or Wayland about 1745.
1. John* (John^ John-, John^), b. Hull, Dec. 21, 1727; d.
Jan. 23, 1784; m. (1) Dec, 1753, Elizabeth Ward of Mendon
[d. Sept. 3, 1756] ; (2) (pub. Oct. 21, 1757), Dinah, dau. of
Gamaliel and Mary Beaman of Lancaster, Mass. [b. Sept. 20,
1728; d. Dec. 24, 1791]. He was a farmer in Weston, Lincoln,
and Marlboro, Mass., before coming to New Ipswich in 1781.
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He lived upon the summit of the hill which took his name,
on lot 100, N. L. O. Children:
2. i. Elizabeth, b. June 21, 1756; d. Hillsboro, N. H., before 1802;
m. Jan. 3, 1782, Elijah Fiske of Natick. Eight children.
3. ii. Mary, b. Sept. 24, 1759; m. (1) Solomon Rice; (2) Ebenezer
Parker. Three children.
4. iii. Moses, b. Sept. 19, 1761.+
5. iv. Abigail, b. Apr. 11, 1763; m. after her sister's death, Elijah
Fiske, then a resident of Hillsboro, N. H.
6. V. John, b. May 25, 1764.+
7. vi. David, b. about 1769; prob. d. young.
8. vii. Thomas, b. Apr. 24, 1771; d. Dec. 10, 1853; m. (1) Mar. 7,
1796, Lucinda, dau. of Col. Richard Roberts [b. Dec. 4,
1776; d. Mar. 10, 1845]; (2) May 7, 1846, Hephzibah, dau.
of John and Grace Davis of Whitingham, Vt. He removed
from New Ipswich soon after 1800, and was a farmer in
Barre, Mass.. Westminster, Vt., and Wilmington, Vt.
4. MosES^ (John*, John^ John^ John^), b. Sept. 19, 1761;
d. Concord, Mass., Sept. 28, 1788; m. June 8, 1786, Elizabeth,
dau. of Stephen and Elizabeth Hosmer of Concord, Mass. [b.
Jan. 21, 1765 ; d. Mar. 3, 1847]. Res. Concord, Mass. Children :
9. i. Polly, b. Oct. 17, 1787.
10. ii. Betsey, b. May 18, 1789.
6. JoHN^ (John*, John^ John^, John^), b. May 25, 1764; d.
New York state, Aug. 6, 1844; m. (1) June 6, 1793, Anna
Walker (J. 3) ; (2) Jan. 25, 1816, Lucretia Fox (9). He suc-
ceeded to his father's farm on Binney Hill. Children:
11. i. Mary, b. Feb., 1794; d. Oct. 11, 1794.
12. ii. John, b. about 1795; d. in infancy.
13. iii. Moses, b. Aug. 20, 1796; d. Somerville, Mass., Jan., 1880; m.
(1) Phebe, dau. of John and Susanna (Page) Wetherbee
of Rindge [b. Mar. 8, 1793 or 91 ; d. Nov. 10, 1837] ; (2)
1838, Elizabeth Perham of Boston. He was a leather dealer
in Boston, and a leather cushion maker in Cambridge. He
had seven children, of whom most died young.
14. iv. Polly, b. June 19, 1798; m. Apr. 12, 1819, William Merriam
of Princeton, Mass. Five children.
15. v. John Walker, b. Aug. 4, 1800; m. May 9, 1826, Susan, dau.
of Isaac and Elizabeth (Hartwell) Wood of Rindge [b.
1792; d. 1873]. Res. in Keene, where he was a deacon.
16. vi. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1802; m. Sept. 26, 1833, John Evans, a
farmer in New York, Indiana, and Florida. Two children.
17. vii. Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1804; m. Jan. 25, 1825, Emory Conant, a
farmer of Sudbury, Mass. Six children.
18. viii. Anna W., (first named Ruth, but legally changed,) b. Mar.
27, 1807; d. Jan. 9, 1844; m. Aug. 28, 1832, Jonathan Rand
of Keene. Three children.
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BLANCHARD.
The early ancestral line of this family is not easily determined, as
the apparently reliable published statements are somewhat contradictory.
But the following facts of colonial days appear to be satisfactorily evi-
denced.
John* Blanchard, b. in England; d. 1693/4; m. (1) about 1657,
Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Rose (Clark) Hills [bapt. Oct. 21, 1627; d.
about 1662] ; (2) Hannah, dau. of Richard and Alive Brackett, and widow
of Samuel Kingsley [b. or bapt. Jan. 4, 1633/4; d. July 3, 1706]. He res.
in Charlestown, Chelmsford, and Dunstable. He was a deacon.
Thomas' (John*), b. 1668; d. Mar. 9, 1727; m. (1) Feb. 13, 1688/9,
Tabitha, dau. of Michael and Isabel Lepingwell [b. May 18, 1661; d. Nov.
29, 1696]; (2) Oct. 4, 1698, Ruth, dau. of Peletiah' Adams (Thomas*,
Henry*) [b. Mar. 8, 1673].
Joseph^ (John*), b. Nov. 1, 1672; d. 1727; m. May 25, 1696, Abiah,
dau. of Joseph Hassell [b. about 1676; d. Dec. 8, 1746]. He was a leading
man in Dunstable, and bore the title of captain.
William' (Thomas', John*), b. Sept. 5, 1714; d. Feb. 17, 1805; m.
Feb. 28, 1733/4, Deliverance, probably dau. of Nathaniel and Lydia Parker
[b. July 28, 1714] ; but possibly dau. of Samuel Searles of Dunstable, and
widow of Parker. Res. in Dunstable and in Litchfield. He was
taken prisoner by the Indians, while in service at the Ashuelot garrison,
and was held some months.
1. Joseph^ (Joseph-, John^), b. Feb. 11, 1704; d. Apr. 7,
1758; m. Sept. 26, 1728, Rebecca Hubbard, dau. of Major Jona-
than and Rebecca (Brown) [b. Feb. 11, 1710/11; d. Apr. 17,
1774]. Although he was never an actual resident in New
Ipswich, he was so closely connected with its early history
that he rightly has a place in this record. As agent of the
Masonian Proprietors he signed the Masonian Charter giving
title to the land. He was owner of one of the 63 original
rights and was the first treasurer of the Proprietors of the
town. Very probably he might have had a part in its develop-
ment but for his death a few years later. He was a colonel.
2. Simeon* (William^ Thomas^, John^), b. Groton, Mass.,
June 11, 1747; d. June 22, 1822; m. Feb. 28, 1776, Elizabeth,
dau. of John and Elizabeth Shattuck [b. about 1752; d. Feb.
9, 1844]. He settled in New Ipswich a little before his mar-
riage, and bought a farm upon the Massachusetts line (84,
A. D.,) where he passed his life. He served a few days in the
company of Capt. Silas Wright of Stoddard which marched
upon one of the Ticonderoga alarms in 1777. Children :
3. i. Simeon, b. Nov. 25, 1776.-]-
4. ii. Betsey, b. Nov. 25, 1778; m. Sept. 6, 1797, Simeon Wright.
5. iii. Levi, b. Dec. 17, 1780.+
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6. iv. Louisa, b. Jan. 1, 1783; m. Jan. 22, 1805, Isaiah Wright.
7. V. Sarah, b. July 24, 1785; d. Jan. 18, 1859, unm. Res. New
Ipswich.
8. vi. William, b. May 3, 1788.+
9. vii. James, b. Apr. 29, 1790.+
10. viii. Charlotte, b. Aug. 16, 1792; m. Dec. 12, 1815, David Whitney.
Res. Ashby, Mass. Children : i. James N. Whitney, ii.
Lucius M. Whitney, iii. George S. Whitney, iv. Mary C.
Whitney, v. Harriet M. Whitney, vi. Charles E. Whitney.
3. Simeon^ (Simeon*, William^, Thomas^ John^), b. Nov.
26, 1776; m. Submit Winship. He settled in Roxbury, N. H.
Children :
11. i. HoSEA, b. Mar. 20, 1801.
12. ii. Charles G.
13. iii. Nancy.
14. iv. Susan.
15. V. Sarah.
16. vi. Amos M.
17. vii. Joseph Winship, b. Dec. 21, 1822.
5. Levi^ (Simeon^ William^, Thomas^, John^), b. Dec. 17,
1780; d. Mar. 12, 1857; m. Apr. 16, 1807, Hannah, dau. of
Kendall and Hannah Nichols [b. Jan. 28, 1791; d. Oct. 28,
1871]. At about the age of twenty-five years he settled in
the western part of Sharon, where he had a sawmill for twenty
years or more, returning to New Ipswich in 1829, and after a
brief residence near Kidder Mountain (N. D. 55,) he settled
in the Pratt Pond region, living for several years upon the
farm at the end of the road just east from the pond, (XV: 3,
S. R.,) and afterward with his son Gilman, one lot farther to
the north. Children :
18. i. Betsy, b. June 5, 1809; m. Oct. 31, 1833, Nathan Stone (26).
19. ii. Marinda, b. Mar. 8, 1812; m. Dec. 24, 1835, Lebanon Brown
(T. 87).
20. iii. Elvira, b. July 21, 1814; d. Jan. 3, 1876; m. Dec. 4, 1834,
George W. Wheeler (64).
21. iv. Gilman, b. May 4, 1817.+
22. V. Hannah, b. Aug. 20, 1819; m. Apr. 6, 1848, Hosea Snow of
Keene. Child : i. Francella Maria Snow.
23. vi. Levi Monroe, b. June 16, 1822.+
24. vii. Clarissa, b. July 29, 1824; d. Apr. 7, 1895; m. May 2, 1851,
Elijah Edwards of Natick, Mass. Children: i. Franklin
Elijah Edwards, ii. William Alfred Edwards.
25. viii. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 17, 1827; d. Mar. 31, 1845.
26. ix. Horace Kendall, b. June 9, 1830.-|-
27. X. Charles Rodney, b. June 10, 1832.+
28. xi. SopHRONiA, b. Aug. 22, 1835.
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iv.
33.
V.
34.
vi.
Blanchard
8. William^ (Simeon*, William^, Thomas^, John^), b. May
3. 1788; d. Mar. 31, 1869; m. Susan Farnsworth (19) [b. about
1787; d. Dec. 23, 1873]. He passed his life as a farmer, suc-
ceeding to his father's farm. Children :
29. i. Louisa, b. July 14, 1811; m. (1) Austin Dinsmore; (2)
Johnson; (3) Jonathan Sherwin. Children: \. Maria Dins-
more, ii. George A. Dinsmore. iii. Mary Jane Dinsmore.
iv. Louisa, d. young.
30. ii. Susan, b. Jan. 29, 1813; d. Jan. 29, 1846; m. May 7, 1833,
Webster Reed. Res. at Maiden, Mass. Children : i.
Charles Reed. ii. George Reed.
31. iii. Harriet Maria, b. Oct. 2, 1814; d. Sept. 7, 1900; m. Sept. 29,
1836, John C. Hildreth (10).
William Hale, b. Feb. 8, 1816.+
Eben H., b. Apr. 11, 1818; d. Aug. 7, 1819.
Mary Ann, b. Dec. 19, 1819; d. Aug. 27, 1853; m. William
Billings. She lived in Worcester. Children : i. William
Billings, ii. Clarence Billings.
35. vii. Andros J., b. Apr. 15, 1821; d. Mar. 2, 1907; m. 1856, Eliza-
beth, widow of Hiram Shepard of Worcester, Mass. He
left his home at the age of nineteen and was engaged in the
manufacture of shoes at Hartford, Ct., Albion, N. Y., and
Worcester, Mass., successively until 1866, when he returned
to his native town, and passed his remaining years on the
farm of his boyhood.
36. viii. AsENATH Taylor, b. Oct. 28, 1822; d. Mar. 12, 1914; m. June
5, 1844, Richard H. Davis (107).
37. ix. Henry C, b. Mar. 5, 1824; m. 1847, Sarah Jane Emory [b.
Sept. 20, 1824; d. Aug. 26, 1902]. He was a farmer at
Sherman, Wis. Children : i. Ernest D. ii. Edith, m.
C. G. Sedgwick.
38. X. George H., b. Nov. 3, 1825; m. Vianna L. Wood. He was a
machinist in Worcester, Mass. Children : i. George ; he
is a provision dealer in Worcester, ii. Emma.
39. xi. Lurena B., b. Jan. 20, 1829; d. Sept. 24, 1863; m. Kendall
Bailey. Res. Templeton and Gardner, Mass. Children : i.
Ada Bailey, ii. George K. Bailey; res. in Boston.
9. James^ (Simeon*, William^ Thomas-, John^), b. Apr. 29,
1790; m. June, 1822, Lydia Brown of Ashby. He lived in
Peterboro. Children :
40. i. Nancy.
41. ii. Jason.
42. iii. Joseph.
43. iv. Maria, d. Feb. 7, 1859; m. Horace Davis (98).
44. V. Elizabeth.
45. vi. Myron.
46. vii. Caroline.
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21. Oilman® (Levi^, Simeon*, William^, Thomas-, John^),
b. May 4, 1817; d. Mar. 28, 1894; m. Jan. 2, 1844, Sarah Eliza-
beth Wheeler (40). He passed his life as a farmer on XV: 2,
S. R., where he also had a sawmill. Children :
47. i. Julia E., b. July 26, 1845; d. May 1, 1847.
48. ii. George Gilman, b. May 13, 1849; d. Aug. 14, 1872.
49. iii. Emma L., b. Jan. 12, 1858; m. (1) Jan. 31, 1876. Fred A.
Wheeler (167), from whom she was separated by divorce;
(2) Sept. 15, 1893, George H. Woodward [d. Dec. 26, 1896] ;
(3) Feb. 20, 1901, Freeman S. Tucker [d. June 1, 1903].
Three children.
50. iv. Carrie M. H., b. June 19, 1862; m. Apr. 16, 1884, Herbert W.
Chandler (122).
51. V. Guy Clifford, b. Feb. 21, 1868.+
23. Levi Monroe® (Levi^, Simeon*, William^ Thomas^
John^), b. June 16, 1822; d. June 15, 1893; m. Apr. 22. 1845,
Eliza Nutting, dau. of EzekieP [b. Dec. 5, 1819; d. Apr. 1,
1891]. He lost one arm while a young man by an accident
in the shop in which he was working, but still supported him-
self and family by agricultural and mechanical labor in New
Ipswich and Ashby. Children :
52. i. George Monroe, b. Dec. 15, 1849.+
53. ii. Herbert J., b. June 5, 1856.-J-
26. Horace Kendall*' (Levi^ Simeon*, William.^ Thomas-,
John^), b. June 9, 1830; d. Nov. 23, 1899; m. (1) Nov. 2, 1856,
Mary Ellen, dau. of Jacob and Martha Pufifer of Leominster,
Mass. [d. Feb. 20, 1888] ; (2) Sept. 23, 1889, Mary J. Cochran
of Clinton, Mass. Children :
54. i. Mary Frances, b. Aug. 29, 1858; m. Feb. 10, 1879, John
Trimble of Clinton, Mass. Children: i. Frederick Elmon
Trimble; he died while returning from service in the Cuban
War. ii. Walter Henry Trimble, iii. Albert Everett Trim-
ble, iv. Mabel Frances Trimble, v. Elmer Trimble.
55. ii. Arthur Horace, b. June 8, 1859.-1-
56. iii. Cora Adelia, b. Aug. 12, 1863; m. Nov. 28, 1888, William H.
Benson of Clinton, Mass. Children: i. George Edward
Benson, ii. Arthur Frederick Benson.
57. iv. Carrie Bernice, b. Nov. 21, 1870; m. Nov. 6, 1889, Myron F.
Scott of Clinton, Mass. Children : i. Harold Floyd Scott.
ii. Bernice Marion Scott.
27. Charles Rodney^ (Levi^ Simeon*, William^ Thomas^,
JohnO, b. June 10, 1832; d. Apr. 13, 1908; m. May 2, 1858,
Matilda Miller [d. Jan. 25, 1907]. He lived in Rindge and in
Ashby. Child:
58. i. Charles M., b. East Rindge, May 13, 1864.+
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32. William Hale« (William^, Simeon*, William^
Thomas^ John^), b. Feb. 8, 1816; d. Nov. 1, 1859; m. 1839,
Hannah Conrey [b. about 1815; d. July 16, 1866]. He was
a machinist at Nashua in his early manhood, but in 1845 he
returned to his native town and passed his remaining life
upon the paternal farm, except four years during which he
lived at Smithville in the most easterly house in the village
upon the road to Gibson Village. Children :
59. i. Josephine, b. Nashua, Sept. 17, 1841; d. Dec. 16, 1854.
60. ii. Edwin Franklin, b. Feb. 18, 1845. +
61. iii. Jennie H., b. Sept. 7, 1854; m. Jan. 1, 1877, William Rayner.
She has lived at Andover, Neponset, and Newton. Chil-
dren : i. William A. Rayner. ii. Edwin R. Rayner. iii.
Fred I. Rayner. iv. Harry W. Rayner. v. George F. Ray-
ner. vi. Herbert C. Rayner.
62. iv. Susan J., b. Apr. 13, 1858; d. Apr. 16, 1863.
51. Guy Clifford^ (Gilman*^, Levi°, Simeon*, William^
Thomas^, John^, b. Feb. 21, 1868; m. Nov. 28, 1889, Ida L. A.
Partridge. He lives at Smithville. Children:
63. i. Grace E., b. Apr. 19, 1894.
64. ii. Helen L., b. Dec. 14, 1895.
65. iii. James M., b. Dec. 19, 1897.
66. iv. Inez, b. Oct. 13, 1901.
52. George Monroe^ (Levi Monroe*', Levi^ Simeon*, Wil-
lianl^ Thomas^, John^), b. Dec. 15, 1849; m. 1872, Hattie E.
Lawrence of Ashby, Mass. [d. Feb. 18, 1904]. He lives in
Ashby. Children :
67. i. George Levi, b. July 12, 1873.
68. ii. Fred Monroe, b. Dec. 23, 1876.
69. iii. Amos Andrew, b. Dec. 12, 1879.
70. iv. Cora Martha, b. Mar. 17, 1884; d. Jan. 15, 1904.
71. V. Grace Amanda, b. Oct. 8, 1889.
53. Herbert J.^ (Levi Monroe", Levi^ Simeon*, William^
Thomas^, John^), b. June 5, 1856; m. Lizzie Booth of Ashby.
Children :
72. i. Nelson Herbert, b. Aug. 5, 1875.
73. ii. Francella Eliza, b. Mar. 15, 1877.
74. iii. Horace Levi, b. Jan. 14, 1879.
75. iv. LiNNiE Etta, b. Jan. 23, 1881.
76. V. Elmer, b. June 18, 1885.
55. Arthur Horace" (Horace K.«, Levi% Simeon*, Wil-
liam^ Thomas-^ John^), b. June 8, 1859; m. Isabella Colton.
He lives at Clinton, Mass. Children :
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11. i. Mary Ellen, b. Aug. 30, 1881 ; d. Jan. 25, 1886.
78. ii. Cora Bernice, b. Jan. 10, 1884.
79. iii. William Colter, b. Oct. 4, 1889.
80. iv. Arthur Perley, b. July 12, 1892.
58. Charles M.^ (Charles R.^, Levi^, Simeon*, William^
Thomas^ John^), b. May 13, 1864; m. Oct. 19, 1898, Sarah J.
Gnider. Res. at Natick, Mass. Children :
81. i. Dorothy Alice, b. Oct. 2, 1907.
60. Edwin Franklin^ (William Hale*^, William^ Simeon*,
WilIiam^ Thomas^, John^), b. Feb. 18, 1845; m. Oct. 21, 1868,
Mary E. Knowlton (72). He succeeded to his father's home
in Smithville, and has lived there except during a few years
of his early manhood. He also occupies the shop and water-
power a few rods above the Smithville bridge, where he has
facilities for various kinds of woodwork. He has held the
office of selectman for several years, and has also represented
the town in the Legislature and in Constitutional Convention.
He served in the Civil War for a year, 1864-65, in the 4th
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. Children :
82. i. Susie E., b. July 25, 1869; d. July 6, 1903; m. Sept. 17, 1890,
Elwood E. Livingston. Res. in Fitchburg, Mass. Child:
i. Ruth Harriet Livingston, b. July 6, 1892.
83. ii. Edith A., b. Mar. 1, 1874; m. 1897, Charles W. Woodward.
Res. in Fitchburg, Mass. Child : i. Mildred Mary Wood-
ward, b. Apr. 24, 1898.
84. iii. Alice M., b. Feb. 22,, 1877; m. Oct. 28, 1897, Charles Hardy.
Res. at Concord Junction, Mass.
BLISS.
Thomas^ Bliss, of Belstone parish, Devonshire, England, b. 1550-60;
d. 1635-40. He was a Puritan, ruined in health and estate by the perse-
cution of Archbishop Laud.
Jonathan" (Thomas^), b. at Belstone, 1575-80; d. 1635-36. He was
a victim of the same persecution as his father, and died from a fever
contracted while in prison.
Thomas'* (Jonathan^, Thomas^), b. at Belstone; d. Rehoboth, Mass.,
June, 1649; m. probably a widow Ide (or Hyde). He came to America
in 1636, and having landed at Boston, went to Braintree, Mass., thence
to Hartford, Conn., and then back to Weymouth, before settling with
others at Rehoboth in 1643.
Jonathan'' (Thomas^ Jonathan^ Thomas'), b. about 1625; d. about
1687; m. Miriam Harmon. He probably came to America with his father.
He was a blacksmith at Rehoboth.
Jonathan^ (Jonathan*, Thomas', Jonathan^ Thomas^, b. Rehoboth,
Sept., 1666; d. Oct. 16, 1719; m. (1) June 23, 1691, Miriam Carpenter [b.
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Oct. 24, 1674; d. May 23, 1706] ; (2) Apr. 10, 1711, Mary French of Reho-
both. He was a blacksmith and a leading citizen of his native town.
Ephraim' (Jonathan^, Jonathan", Thomas^ Jonathan^ Thomas'), b.
Rehoboth, Aug. 15, 1699; m. Dec, 1723, Rachel Carpenter. He held a
lieutenant's commission.
Abadial' (Ephraim*, Jonathan^ Jonathan*, Thomas^ Jonathan^
Thomas'), b. Dec. IS, 1740; d. Calais, Vt., June 10, 1805; m. Nov. 6, 1759,
Lydia Smith of Rehoboth [b. 1740; d. Mar. 27, 1820]. He was a farmer
in Rehoboth, and also at Calais, whither he removed about 1798. He
represented Calais in the legislature.
Abadial' (Abadial', Ephraim^ Jonathan^ Jonathan\ Thomas', Jona-
than', Thomas'), b. Rehoboth, July 8, 1768; m. Jan. 20, 1785, Sybil Whea-
ton [b. Feb. 28, 1755; d. June 13, 1850]. He remained in his native town,
not removing with the rest of his father's family to Vermont.
1. James Wheaton^ (AbadiaP, Abadial^, Ephraim®, Jona-
than^, Jonathan*, Thomas^, Jonathan^, Thomas^), b. Rehoboth,
Nov. 8, 1792; d. June 17, 1867; m. July 27, 1817, Dolly Claflin
[b. Rome, N. Y., Mar. 14, 1798; d. May 16, 1870]. He came
to New Ipswich in 1821 and settled in Bank Village, where
he was a machinist and carpenter. He built himself a house
upon the north side of the main road, it being- the second house
northerly from the brick bank building. This was his home
until his death and has since been occupied by his descendants.
He was a skilful and trustworthy mechanic in largely varied
lines of work, as is evidenced by his long-continued connection
with the cotton factories. He superintended the erection of
three of the factories upon the Souhegan, the "Waterloom,"
now standing unused in the Bank Village, the "Souhegan,"
standing until its destruction by fire in 1838 on the site of the
present Columbian factory below the High Bridge, and the
first of the factories of the same company at Greenville.
Nearly all of the machinery in those mills was made by him
or under his inspection in the machine shop connected with
the "Waterloom" mill, and he was manager of all those mills
until a division of such duties in 1835. Children :
2. i. Mary B., b. Nov. 19, 1819; d. in infancy.
3. ii. Harriet Newell, b. Nov. 1, 1821; d. Feb. 26, 1907; m. Aug.
30, 1842, Dr. Jeoffard E. Goldsmith [b. Wilton, June 14,
1817; d. Sept. 28, 1843]. He had taken his medical degree
at Harvard Medical School, and had settled in Rindge, but
his brief practice was closed by a fatal illness. She re-
turned to New Ipswich and was a successful teacher for
many years, and the same is true of her only child, Anna
Augusta Goldsmith, who was also one of the first women to
receive election as a member of the school board of the
town.
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4. iii. Sarah Claflin, b. Mar. 24, 1824; d. Nov. 23, 1895; m. Oct.
12, 1853, Andrew Henry, an engineer on the Fitchburg
railroad for more than thirty years [b. Worcester, Mass.,
Oct. 22, 1821]. Children: i. James Wheaton Henry, b. Sept.
25, 1854; d. Nov. 26, 1911; he graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1878, and was a teacher in Missouri and Cali-
fornia, ii. Anne Claflin Henry, b. Dec. 11, 1856; d. June 2,
1858. iii. William Claflin Henry, b. Mar. 6, 1859; he is treas-
urer and manager of the Waltham Clock Co.
5. iv. James Wheaton, b. Mar. 1, 1826; d. Mar. 29, 1826.
6. V. Martha Ann, b. June 29, 1828; d. Oct. 28, 1828.
7. vi. George Barrett, b. July 12, 1830; d. Temple, Feb. 9, 1888. He
was a machinist.
8. vii. James Henry, b. Sept. 27, 1834; d. Jan. 29, 1888; m. Oct. 31,
1874, Elvira L. Lane. Children: i. Anna Sophronia, b. July
23, 1875; d. Dec. 23, 1875. ii. James Henry Wheaton, b. Nov.
3, 1876.
BLOOD.
James' Blood, d. Dec. 17, 1683; m. Ellen [d. Aug. 1, 1674]. He
is said to have come from England and to have settled in Concord, Mass.,
about 1638, and to have made that place his home until his death.
Richard^ (James'), d. Dec. 7, 1638. He was a prominent original
proprietor of Groton, Mass., holding the offices of selectman and town
clerk.
Robert' (James'), d. Oct. 27, 1701; m. Apr. 8, 1653, Elizabeth, dau.
of Maj. Simon Willard of Concord [d. Aug. 29, 1692]. He was a large
landowner in that part of Concord, Mass., which is now Carlisle.
James" (Richard', James'), d. Sept. 16, 1692; m. (1) Sept. 7, 1669,
Elizabeth Longley; (2) after 1675, Abigail . Res. Groton, Mass. He
was killed by the Indians.
Josiah'' (Robert-, James'), b. Apr. 6, 1664; d. July 2, 1731; m. (1)
March 4, 1688, Mary Barrett; (2) Feb. 3, 1690/2, Mary Tory. Res. Con-
cord, Mass.
John' (James', Richard', James'), b. March 16, 1689; d. Aug. 23,
1758; m. July 13, 1712, Joanna Nutting. Res. Groton, Mass.
Stephen* (Josiah', Robert', James'), b. Feb. 22, 1703/4; m. Mary
. Res. Concord.
Caleb' (John\ James', Richard', James'), b. Nov. 23, 1734; d. Dec.
9, 1804; m. (1) Nov. 1, 1753, Hannah Holden [b. July 6, 1735; d. Sept. 1,
1773]; (2) March 3, 1774, Elizabeth Farnsworth [d. Dec. 9, 1819]. Res.
Groton, Mass.
Francis' (Stephen', Josiah', Robert', James'), b. March 18, 1735/6; m.
Elizabeth Spaulding of Pepperell, Mass. He removed from his native
town. Concord, Mass., in 1763, and settled in Temple, where he passed
his life, acquiring a large property for those days, holding nearly every
office in the gift of the town, sitting in the Senate and Council of the
state, and holding a commission as brigadier-general.
Timothy" (Caleb', John', James', Richard', James'), b. Sept. 8, 1778;
m. Nov. 15, 1798, Sibbel, dau. of Levi and Sibbel (Gibson) Woods of
Pepperell, Mass. [b. Apr. 23, 1777; d. July 28, 1812]. Res. Groton, Mass.
Blood
Ephraim' (Francis", Stephen*, Josiah', Robert''", James'), b. Mar. 6,
1779; m. (1) Patty, dau. of Oliver Whiting of Temple [b. Feb. 13, 1780;
d. Jan. 17, 1800] ; (2) Apr. 6, 1802, Rebecca, dau. of Caleb Maynard of
Temple; (3) Goldsmith. Res. Temple.
Ephraim Whiting' (Ephraim^ Francis', Stephen', Josiah', Robert'
James^), b. July 26, 1799; d. Dec. 29, 1837; m. (1) June 8, 1828, Fanny,'
dau. of Oliver Whiting, Jr., of Temple [b. Mar. 17, 1807; d. July 18, 1830] ;
(2) June 2, 1835, Lavinia Ames (5). Res. Temple.
1. Calvin^ (Timothy^ Caleb^ John*, James^, Richard^,
James^), b. Sept. 10, 1806; d. Nov. 2, 1894; m. (1) ; (2)
Caroline, dau. of Stephen and Asenath (Shedd) Woods of
Pepperell, Mass. [b. Aug. 1, 1814; d. March 20, 1895]. He
came to New Ipswich about 1858 and settled upon the Abijah
Smith farm, (34, N. D.,) where he passed his life. Children:
2. i. Luther, b. March 20, 1836; m. (1) Walker; (2) .
Res. South Easton, Mass. Three sons of first marriage.
3. ii. Elizabeth, m. James Hitchings. Res. Groton, Mass.
4. iii. Sarah, m. Luther Blodgett. Seven children.
5. iv. Calvin, m. Nov. 22, 1864, Nettie E. Wright of Pepperell,
Mass. Res. Ayer, Mass.
6. V. Stephen Dana, b. Dec, 1842. +
7. vi. Albert, b. May 28, 1845.+
6. Stephen Dana^ (Calvin^, Timothy*', Caleb^, John^
James^ Richard^, James^), b. Dec, 1842; m. Nov. 27, 1867,
Jennie E. Withington. Res. New Ipswich. Children :
9. i. Orange Adams, b. June 16, 1869; d. Oct. 21, 1869.
10. ii. Alice Cordelia, b. Oct. 8, 1870; m. May 25, 1891, Andrew H.
Willard, Jr. (14).
11. iii. Henry Herbert, b. Apr. 5, 1873; d. Aug. 25, 1876.
12. iv. Gilbert Calvin, b. Nov. 19, 1874.
13. V. Caroline Isabel, b. Dec. 29, 1876.
14. vi. Eugene Nelson, b. June 13, 1879.
15. vii. Waldo, b. May 30, 1881.
16. viii. Oscar, b. Oct. 8, 1884.
17. ix. Mabel Elsie, b. Jan. 12, 1887; m. Dec. 8, 1908, C. Alvah
Farwell.
18. X. Edith May, b. Sept. 21, 1891.
7. Albert^ (Calvin'^, Timothy*', Caleb^, John*, James^,
Richard^ James^), b. May 28, 1845; m. Sept. 12, 1872, Sarah
Jane, dau. of Albert Taylor [b. Jan. 20, 1852]. Res. New
Ipswich. Children :
19. i. George A., b. May 12, 1875; d. Sept. 12, 1897.
20. ii. Charles A., b. Oct. 25, 1877; m. Oct. 11, 1899, Lottie A.
Thompson of Fitzwilliam. He is a clerk in Fitchburg, Mass.
Six children.
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8. Henry Ames^ (Ephraim W/, Ephraim*', Francis^,
Stephen*, Josiah^, Robert-, James^), b. June 7, 1836; d. Dec.
30, 1900; m. (1) August 15, 1862, Mary Jane Marshall (7);
(2) Oct. 14, 1880, Mary Ellen Miller of Salem, Mass. [b. about
1842; d. Aug., 1905]. He passed his youth with his mother
in New Ipswich, preparing for college at Appleton Academy.
He then entered Dartmouth, graduating in 1857. The follow-
ing years were devoted to writing the History of Temple,
published in 1860. After teaching for two years he removed
to Washington, D. C, where he passed the remainder of his
life, being for many years a clerk in the State Department. He
was favorably known as a writer, especially of short poems.
Child:
21. i. Royal Henry, b. July 29, 1884; d. Oct. 18, 1892.
• BOLTON.
1. James^ Bolton, b. about 1804; d. Mar. 21, 1874; m.
Margaret McGregor [b. about 1810; d. Mar. 27, 1874]. He
lived in Paisley, Scotland, where he was a weaver of Paisley
cashmere shawls. He came to America with his wife and
younger children in 1859, his older sons having come, one by
one, somewhat earlier. They settled at the High Bridge Vil-
lage. Children :
2. i. Alexander, b. about 1835. -f
3. ii. James, b. about 1837; d. young.
4. iii. Charles S., b. about 1838.-|-
5. iv. George G., b. about 1840.-i-
6. V. John S., b. about 1843.+
7. vi. Margaret, b. about 1845; m. Henry Wilkes. Res. Lawrence,
Mass. Four children.
8. vii. James, b. May 1, 1847.+
9. viii. Thomas King, b. about 1849.-|-
10. ix. Lizzie K., b. about 1851; m. Walter Thorn, an artist in Bos-
ton.
2. Alexander^ (James^), b. about 1835; d. Dec, 1908; m.
Margaret Bisland. He was the first of the family in America,
coming about 1854, and working for a time in the Columbian
mills, but later removing to New York city, where he was
occupied with stoves and tinware and also as a plumber.
Children :
11. i. William.
12. ii. Cora.
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4. Charles S.^ (James^), b. about 1838; d. about 1905; m.
Abby Eldredge of Bangor, Me. He was a soldier in the British
army, but purchased his discharge and came to America about
1856. He was for a time a machinist at Andover, Mass. He
served through the Civil War in the 17th Massachusetts Regi-
ment, and was crippled for life in one of the last battles. He
resided in Boston, and was for many years the superintendent
of Faneuil Hall. Children :
13. i. A son, d. young.
14. ii. Fred E. Res. in Boston, of which he is an assessor.
5. George G.^ (James^), b. about 1840; m. Lizzie Sterling.
He was a teacher, and later has been engaged in the tuning
department of the Smith Organ Co. Res. at Boston. Four
children.
6. John S.^ (James^), b. about 1843; m. Nettie Taylor. He
was a machinist at Lowell, Mass. He removed to California
in 1864, and lived there until 1906, when he lost his life in the
earthquake of that year. Children :
15. i. Walter, d. about 1900. He was an organist.
8. James^ (James^), b. May 1, 1847; m. June 10, 1870, Mar-
garet White of New Brunswick [b. Feb. 8, 1846; d. Feb. 15,
1910]. He has been in the employ of the Columbian Co., ex-
cept a very few years, since his arrival in America in 1859.
Children :
16. i. James Benjamin, b. Mar. 31, 1874; unm. He was a drug-
gist in Ashland, Ore., and removed thence to California.
He is supposed to have perished in the earthquake of 1906,
as nothing has been heard from him since a brief time be-
fore that event.
17. ii. Oscar King, b. July 18, 1877; d. May 22, 1908; m. (1) May
Richmond; (2) Maude Laporte. He was a decorator and
paper hanger in Boston. Children, one of each marriage :
i. Raymond, ii. Mildred.
9. Thomas King^ (James^), b. about 1849; m. Jan. 4, 1875,
Lizzie Brooks (54). He is a druggist and jeweler at Ashland,
Ore. Children :
18. i. Walter.
19. ii. Winnifred,
20. iii. Jean.
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BOYCE.
Joseph^ Boyce, b. about 1609; d. 1684/5; m. Ellenor [d. about
1694]. He was a tanner in that part of Salem, Mass., which is now
Peabody.
Joseph' (Joseph'), bapt. Salem, March 31, 1644; d. 1709; m. Dec. 4,
1667, Sarah Meacham. He was a tanner and succeeded to his father's
home.
Joseph' (Joseph^ Joseph'), b. about 1672; d. 1723; m. about 1695,
Rebecca (Trask), widow of Samuel Potter [m. (2) 1731/2, Benjamin
Very of Salem]. He was a tanner and miller on the paternal homestead.
JoHN^ (Joseph^ Joseph^ Joseph'), m. Jan. 18, 1728, Elisabeth Osborne
of Salem. He continued the family industry of tanning for a time, and
then became a seaman, removing to Smithheld, R. I. He served in the
French and Indian War.
Paul° (John^ Joseph', Joseph^ Joseph'), b. about 1736; d. 1817; m.
(1) Hannah Staples [d. 1803]; (2) Phyllis, widow of Nicholas Cooke
[b. Oct. 31, 1738; d. March 21, 1815]. He removed from Smithfield, R. I.,
to Richmond, where he was a large landowner. He served in the Revolu-
tion.
Silas* (Paur, John^ Joseph', Joseph^ Joseph'), b. Richmond, Nov.,
1770; d. Oct. 1, 1818; m. 1798, Comfort, dau. of Moses Allen [b. about
1774; d. Sept. 29, 1838]. He succeeded to his father's farm. He studied
medicine and was called doctor, but never practiced.
1. Paul^ (Silas^ PauP, John*, Joseph^ Josepli^ Joseph^),
b. Richmond, March 6, 1804; d. March 30, 1850; m. March 24,
1829, Hannah Russell Hannaford [b. Northfield, Oct. 3, 1808;
d. Peterboro, May 10, 1889]. In early manhood he came to
New Ipswich and for some years he had a small iron foundry,
trip-hammer, etc., in the shop formerly standing on Saw Mill
Brook at the south end of the Adams lot (21, N. D.) Later
he was engaged in the manufacture of friction matches in the
building formerly facing on the north side of the Village
Green, which had previously been the hat shop of Seth King.
Children:
Harriet Newell, b. Apr. 20, 1830; d. March 14, 1860.
Diana Perky, b. Sept. 30, 1831; m. May 28, 1850, George W.
Conant (20).
Silas, b. July 14, 1833.+
LucY Jane, b. Sept. 24, 1835; d. Rindge, Jan. 14, 1890; m.
George W. Cragin. Five children.
Moses Allen, b. Jan. 20, 1838; d. May 19, 1839.
James Lysander, b. June 9, 1840; d. Aug. 25, 1863. He
served during the Civil War in the 16th New Hampshire
Regiment, and died soon after reaching his home.
8. vii. Jacob Francis, b. Sept. 7, 1842; d. Oct. 20, 1843.
9. viii. Charles Allen, b. Feb. 21, 1847; d. July 15, 1876.
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sephO, b. July 14, 1833; d. Washington, D. C, May 23, 1910;
m. (1) Sarah A., dau. of Charles and Sarah (Jones) Baldwin
[b. Oct. 15, 1833; d. Dec. 20, 1893] ; (2) Mrs. Sarah (Bartlett)
Everson. Children :
10. i. Frederick P., b. 1857; d. Oct. 10, 1858.
11. ii. Harriet Angeline, b. May 17, 1859; d. June 8, 1912; m. John
W. Cummings (142).
12. iii. Sarah Almira, b. Dec. 5, 1861; d. Feb. 29, 1884; m. June 15
1879, John F. Hedge. One child.
13. iv. Lydia Josephine, b. July 28, 1868; d. Feb. 12, 1905; m. Oct.
6, 1901, Charles H. Williams.
BOYDEN.
Thomas^ Boyden, b. about 1613; m. (1) Frances [d. Mar. 17,
1658]; (2) Nov. 3, 1658, Hannah (Phillips), widow of Joseph Morse
[d. Oct. 3, 1676]. He came from Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and lived
successively in Scituate, Boston, Medfield, Groton, and Watertown.
Jonathan' (Thomas'), b. Boston, Feb. 20, 1652; d. May 30, 1732;
m. (1) Sept. 26, 1673, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Abia Clark of Medfield,
Mass. [b. Mar. 12, 1649]; (2) Anne [d. 1735]. He was one of the
early settlers of Dedham and of Medfield.
Jonathan* (Jonathan', Thomas*), b. Medfield, July 30, 1674; d. Mar.
3, 1719; m. (1) Nov. 7, 1698, Rachel, dau. of John and Hannah (Adams)
Fisher [b. Mar. 24, 1680; d. Mar. 31, 1712]; (2) Feb. 12, 1713, Esther,
dau. of John and Mary (Wood) Thurston [d. Mar. 10, 1755; m. (2)
John Turner]. Res. Medfield.
John' (Jonathan', Jonathan', Thomas'), b. Sept. 30, 1702; d. Dec. 24,
1754; m. Oct. 19, 1728, Prudence, dau. of Ebenezer and Prudence (Stet-
son) Leach of Bridgewater, Mass. [d. May 22, 1759]. Res. Walpole, Mass.
John' (John', Jonathan', Jonathan', Thomas'), b. Oct. 4, 1734; d.
Apr. 25, 1813; m. (1) Nov. 3, 1757, Hannah Hartshorn [d. May 22, 1759] ;
(2) Aug. 2, 1761, Sarah Foster [b. about 1740; d. Apr. 9, 1762]. Res.
Walpole, Mass.
Elijah' (John^ John', Jonathan', Jonathan^ Thomas'), b. Oct. 19,
1763; d. July 22, 1814; m. Nov. 17, 1791, Amity Fisher of Walpole [b.
Feb. 13, 1766; d. Oct. 29, 1841]. He removed from Walpole, Mass., to
Marlboro about 1806.
1. Oliver'^ (Elijah®, John^, John^ Jonathan^ Jonathan^
Thomas^), b. Apr. 28, 1798; d. Dec. 11, 1854; m. Dec. 31, 1821,
Eliza Prescott [b. about 1793; d. July 7, 1869]. He came to
New Ipswich about 1840, and after a few years bought for his
home the house on Barrett street second below the Congrega-
tional parsonage. He was a farmer and mechanic. Children :
2. i. George, b. June 26, 1826.-1-
3. ii. Henry K., b. and d. Apr. 8, 1831.
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2. George^ (Oliver^ Elijah^ John^ John*, Jonathan^, Jona-
than-, Thomas^), b. June 26, 1826; d. Sept. 30, 1905; m. Jan.
8, 1852, Myra Jane Adams (R. 5) [b. Feb. 18, 1828; d. Mar. 30,
1890]. He succeeded to his father's home, and was maker of
cig-ar boxes. He removed to Washington, D. C, about 1872.
Children :
4. i. Frances Cornelia, b. Sept. 21, 1856. She removed with her
parents to Washington, and became a successful teacher.
BOYNTON.
William Boynton\ b. 1606; d. Dec. 8, 1686; m. Elizabeth Jackson
[d. 1687]. He was a son of William Boynton of an ancient family of
Yorkshire, England, and came to New England in 1637. He settled in
Rowley, Mass., where he is mentioned as a plumber, and also as a tailor.
He was probably the first schoolmaster in the town, and taught from
1656 to 1681.
John Boynton', b. 1614; d. Feb. 18, 1670; m. about 1644, Ellen Pell
of Boston [m. (2) Aug. 30, 1671, Dea. Maxmilian Jewett of Rowley].
He was also a son of William of Yorkshire, and he came to New England
at the same time as his brother. He also settled in Rowley, where he was
a tailor.
Joshua' (WilHam'), b. Mar. 10, 1646; d. 1736 or earlier; m. (1) Apr.
9, 1678, Hannah Barnet [d. Jan. 12, 1722]; (2) Nov. 29, 1725, widow
Mary Syles [d. July 28, 1727] ; (3) Oct. 30, 1727, Mary, widow of Simon
Wainwright of Bradford, Mass., and later of John^ Boynton (John^).
He removed to Newbury, Mass., in early manhood, and lived there upon
the same farm for more than fifty years. He served in the Indian wars.
Joseph- (John'), b. 1644; d. Dec. 16, 1730; m. (1) Sarah, dau. of
Richard and Ann Swan of Rowley [b. 1646; d. Feb. 27, 1718]; (2) Mar.
11, 1720, Elizabeth Wood. He was town clerk of Rowley and its rep-
resentative in the General Court. He removed to Groton, Mass., about
1715, but returned to Rowley some years later.
Joshua' (Joshua', William'), b. May 4, 1679; d. Oct. 29, 1770; m.
May, 1708, Mary, dau. of John and Mary (Gerrish) Dole [b. Newbury,
Nov. 14, 1681; d. Dec. 26, 1777]. Res. Newbury.
Joseph' (Joseph', John'), b. Mar. 23, 1669/70; d. Nov. 25, 1755; m.
Jan. 30, 1692/3, Bridget, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Hazen) Harris
of Rowley [b. Nov. 26, 1672; d. Oct. 14, 1757]. He was a housewright
in Rowley and a deacon of its church.
Joshua^ (Joshua', Joshua', William'), bapt. Jan. 20, 1717; d. Feb. 4,
1763; m. Apr. 14, 1743, Martha, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Palmer)
Stickney of Rowley [bapt. Aug. 15, 1714]. Res. Hollis.
Nathaniel^ (Joseph', Joseph', John'), b. Dec. 11, 1694; d. before
1759; m. (1) 1720, Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Dorothy Perham [d.
Sept. 16, 1733]; (2) Sept. 13, 1735, Elizabeth Shedd of Billerica, Mass.
[m. (2) Aug. 15, 1759, Thomas Heald of Westford, Mass]. Res. suc-
cessively in Littleton, Mass., Westford, Mass., and Pepperell, Mass. He
was a housewright and farmer, and for many years he was town clerk
of Westford.
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Elias' (Joshua', Joshua', Joshua', William'), b. Feb. 24, 1755; d.
Jan. 20, 1842; m. Mar. 31, 1781, Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Francis Blood of
Temple [b. Jan. 5, 1762; d. Oct. 13, 1853]. He removed from Hollis to
Temple soon after the close of the Revolutionary War, in which he had
rendered service at Bunker Hill and at the capture of Burgoyne. He was
a prominent citizen of Temple and a captain in the militia. Three of
his sons became citizens of New Ipswich.
1. Abijah^ (Nathaniel*, Joseph^, Joseph^ John'^), b. Mar.
24, 1740; d. Dec. 26, 1821; m. Mar. 23, 1769, Sarah Chamber-
lain of Westford, Mass. [d. Oct. 2, 1818]. His name appears
upon the New Ipswich tax list in 1764, and he was probably
a resident at that time. But he passed most of his life in
Pepperell, Mass., where he was a farmer and cabinet maker.
He responded to the call of April 19, 1775, and he afterward
served as a lieutenant. Children:
7. i. Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1770; d. Dec. 13, 1848; m. James Parker
[b. Apr. 10, 1769]. Res. in Brookline. Eight children.
8. ii. Abigail, b. Oct. 3, 1771; d. Feb. 11, 1851; m. Feb. 27, 1798,
Jesse" Shattuck (Samuel°, Samuer, Samuel^ John', Wil-
liam^), a farmer in Pepperell. Seven children.
Betsey, b. Aug. 11, 1773; d. Nov. 2, 1853; m. Asa Ames. Two
children.
Abijah, b. May 3, 1775; m. Feb. 23, 1800, Eunice Shepley.
Nine children.
Abel, b. 1777; d. 1798, unm.
Eli, b. May 24, 1780; d. Aug. 7, 1856; m. Dec. 17, 1809, Mary
McDonald [b. Brookline, Sept. 10, 1780; d. Apr. 14, 1882].
Six children.
2. Nathan^ (Nathaniel*, Joseph^ Joseph^, John^), b. June
16, 1742; d. Oct. 7, 1823; m. Lucy Smith. His name appears
on the New Ipswich tax list of the same year as that of his
brother Abijah, and continues for three years, but he soon re-
moved to Plymouth, Vt., and thence to Cavendish in the same
state. He was a joiner. Children :
13. i. Lucy, d. Cleveland, O., Feb. 17, 1842; m. (1) Mar., 1787, Sam-
uel Foster; (2) Sept. 3, 1794, Levi Stevens [d. Feb. 21.
1842]. Thirteen children.
14. ii. Nathan, b. 1772; d. Providence, O., Aug. 4, 1838; m. Lydia,
dau. of Aaron, or of Dr. Isaiah Parker, two brothers from
Chelmsford, Mass., who resided in Cavendish [d. Port
Huron, Mich., July 12, 1837]. Seven children.
15. iii. Nathaniel, d. 1840. He was a manufacturer of sewing silk
in Boston. Eight children.
16. iv. Charles. Three children.
17. V. Jonah, b. Feb. 3, 1783; m. 1808, Phebe Russell of Albany,
N. Y. He was an architect at Albany. Eight children.
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3. Amos^ (Nathaniel*, Joseph^ Joseph^, John^), b. 1744; m.
Jan. 9, 1770, Mary Parker. His name is borne upon the New
Ipswich records of the same years as those of his two brothers,
and the three probably came from Westford at about the same
time. But his name continues until 1781, although he seems
to have finally removed, like his brother Nathan, to Plymouth
and Cavendish, Vt. His activities during the Revolution
seem to be located by the record of his military service for
a considerable part of that period. His name is found upon
the roll of volunteers aroused by the Concord alarm, but his
later enlistments, concluding with one for the period of three
years, credit him to Fitzwilliam, from which he probably re-
ceived a bounty. Children :
18. i. Isaiah, b. Oct. 20, 1770; d. June 12, 1851; m. (1) 1796, Re-
becca Page of Plymouth, Vt. [d. May 12, 1816]; (2)
Hannah Parker. Nine children.
19. ii. Mary, m. Williams. Removed to Illinois.
20. iii. Joseph, m. . Removed to New York.
21. iv. Abigail, b. Sept. 11, 1777; d, Jan. 30, 1854; m. Moses Pollard.
Res. Plymouth, Vt.
22. V. Amos, d. Ludlow, Vt., about 1860; m. Mirey Perry. Five
children.
23. vi. Lydia, m. Weston.
4. Earl'' (Elias^, Joshua*, Joshua^, Joshua^, WilliamM, b.
Apr. 20, 1788; d. Aug. 25, 1871 ; m. Nov., 1808, Sally Fisk of
Temple (2). He came to New Ipswich in 1811 and passed
his life as a farmer on the "country road," at first upon 52,
N. D., his cellar still remaining upon the east side of the road
near the separation of the "Fish road" from the "Todd road."
Later he removed southerly to the house near the division
line between 50 and 51, N. D., a little south of the road diverg-
ing to the "Pevey place." Children :
24. i. Mary Caldwell, b. May 19, 1810; m. William J. Fisher.
25. ii. Sally, b. Jan. 4, 1814; d. Mar. 1, 1815.
26. iii. Sarah, b. Jan. 2, 1816; d. Apr. 30, 1906; m. Dec. 31, 1835,
Albert G. Thayer (2).
27. iv. William, b. Jan. 15, 1818; d. Feb. 10, 1905. He passed his
life in New Ipswich, engaged in various occupations. He
was greatly interested in the town library, and so disposed
of the sum of $5000 in his will that it will ultimately revert
to that institution.
28. v. Isabel, b. Dec. 20, 1821; d. Jan. 10, 1892; m. July 21, 1841,
Nehemiah M. Smith [b. about 1814; d. Apr. 17, 1885]. He
was a baker, carrying on his business in the Center Village
at the stand upon the north side of the turnpike.
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29. vi. Francis, b. June 6, 1824; d. Sept. 2, 1888; m. Apr. 14, 1847,
Rhoda Butters. He was a plumber and tinsmith at Hyde
Park, Mass. Children : i. Henry, d. Wichita, Kan. ii.
Albert.
30. vii. Martha Ann, b. June 16, 1826; d. July 29, 1827.
31. viii. Emily M. B., b. Aug. 16, 1828; d. Oct. 9, 1912; m. Solomon
Augustus Russell.
32. ix. Charles Hastings, b. Nov. 10, 1830; d. Apr. 14. 1896; m.
Orissa Clark. He was a hotel-keeper in Temple. Three
children.
33. X. George Henry, b. Nov. 21, 1832; d. Sept. 19, 1870; m. twice.
He was a photographer at Boston.
5. Oliver*^ (Elias^, Joshua*, Joshua^, Joshua^, William^),
b. May 8, 1799; d. May 2, 1879; m. Jan. 25, 1820, Mary
Howard. He was a farmer, having his residence in the Cen-
ter Village, for a considerable time in the large house upon
the southern side of the turnpike near the Jo Kidder Brook.
Children :
34. i. William Elias, m. Mary E. Grover. He was a farmer in
Jaffrey. Three children.
35. ii. James F., m. Harriet R. Tapley.
36. iii. Mary I., m. Clifton C. Stark. He was a cigar maker in New
Ipswich, but removed to Hyde Park, Mass. Children: i.
Henry Stark, ii. Ellen Stark.
37. iv. Elizabeth, m. James P. Carroll. He was a cigar maker,
living for some years in the house above named as the
home of his father-in-law. Removed to Boston. Children :
i. Sarah Carroll, ii. Margaret Carroll.
6. Spaulding*' (Elias^ Joshua*, Joshua^ Joshua^, Wil-
liam^), b. Sept. 15, 1801; d. July 1, 1869; m. Nov. 29, 1823,
Lavinia J. Wilder. He lived for a time on XV: 2, S. R., and
later in the Center Village. He was a peddler of tinware and
similar articles. Children :
38. i. Hannah H., b. Aug. 5, 1828; m. (1) June 29, 1848, Nathan
C. Lear; (2) Charles Frost of Orange, Mass.
39. ii. William Spaulding, b. Apr. 14, 1830 ; m. July 30, 1857, Ase- •
nath L. Webb. Children : i. William F. ii. Edwin S. iii.
Walter K.
40. iii. James Hildreth, b. Apr. 3, 1832; d. Feb. 9, 1896; m. (1)
Aug. 9, 1853, Eliza F. Grummet; (2) . He was a car-
penter and tinworker. Children: i. Clara F. ii. Effie L.
41. iv. Lavinia J., b. Sept. 10, 1834; d. Feb. 27, 1869; m. (1) Jan. 6,
1853, Robert Paine [d. Sept. 4, 1856]; (2) Apr. 6, 1857,
Joseph Poleicho.
42. v. Susan A., b. May 12, 1839; d. Aug. 31, 1881; m. Mar. 5, 1859,
Noah P. Shipley.
43. vi. Mary E., b. Mar. 30, 1844; m. Dec. 2, 1856, Michael Harrigan.
44. vii. Theresa I., b. Aug. 2, 1851; d. Jan. 13, 1869.
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BREED.
Allen' Breed, b. 1601; d. Mar. 17, 1691/2; m. (1) ; (2) Mar. 28,
1656, Elizabeth, widow of James Ballard and later of William Knight of
Lynn, Mass. He came from England in 1630 with his first wife, whose
name is not known, and his two oldest children and settled at Lynn, where
he remained until his death, except during a few years spent at Southamp-
ton, L. I. He was a farmer and was a selectman of Lynn.
Allen' (Allen'), b. 1626; d. 1704-1707; m. Mary [d. Nov. 30,
1671]. Res. in Lynn.
Allen' (Allen^ Allen'), b. Aug. 30, 1660; d. Dec. 27, 1730; m. May 22,
1684, Elizabeth Ballard [d. July, 1743]. He was a farmer and wheelwright
at Lynn.
JoHN^ (Allen^ Allen^ Allen'), b. Oct. 10, 1689; d. Apr. 16, 1774; m.
Jan. 2, 1717, Lydia Gott of Wenham, Mass. [b. Apr., 1699; d. Aug., 1789].
He was a yeoman and coaster. Res. Lynn.
1. JoHN^ (John^ Allen^ Allen^, Allen^), b. Sept. 13, 1720;
d. July 25, 1780; m. 1743, Jane, dau. of Elisha* and Jane
(Breed) Newhall [b. Aug. 9, 1721; d. 1790]. This marriage
forms a part of a somewhat complicated union between the
families engaged, as Elisha^ Newhall and his brothers, Ebene-
zer, Samuel, and Daniel, and their sister Susannah, had
married members of the Breed family, three of whom, at least,
Jane the wife of Elisha, Elizabeth the wife of Ebenezer, the
ancestor of the Newhalls of New Ipswich, and Joseph the
husband of Susannah, were children of Joseph* Breed, and
Keziah the wife of Samuel was his niece. John came from
Lynnfield to New Ipswich about 1764, and settled near the
state line upon 82, A. D., and developed an excellent farm
there at the end of the highway. Children :
4. i. Allen, b. Jan. 19, 1744.-f
5. ii. Lydia, b. Sept. 25, 1745; m. Daniel Mansfield (2).
6. iii. Rebecca, b. Sept. 2, 1747; m. Peter Shattuck (6).
7. iv. John, b. Aug. 28, 1749.
8. V. Jane, b. June 23, 1751.
9. vi. Susanna, b. Apr. 24, 1753.
10. vii. Elisha Newhall, b. Apr. 21, 1755.
11. viii. Martha, b. Oct. 9, 1758.
12. ix. TiMNA, b. Mar. 19, 1762.
13. X. Deliverance, b. Mar. 24, 1764; probably "Delia," who d. 1816.
2. Nathaniel^ (John*, Allen^, Allen^, Allen^), b. July 22,
1728. His name appears upon the New Ipswich tax-lists
from 1781 until 1789, but most of his life was spent elsewhere.
He was resident at Easton, JVEass., in 1757, but removed to
Sudbury, Mass., in 1760, and thence to Packersfield, now
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Nelson, five years later. In 1775 he enlisted as surgeon of
the company leaving Nelson, and appears later as surgeon's
mate of the regiment of Col. James Reed. Children :
14. i. John, b. Oct. 15, 1757. He enlisted from Nelson at the same
time as his father, but upon reaching Boston he was en-
rolled in the company of Capt. Ezra Towne. At Bunker
Hill his hat was struck by a bullet, and also his cartridge-
box. He enlisted several times before the close of the
war. He continued his residence in Nelson until 1828, when
he removed to Sandy Creek, N. Y.
15. ii. Thomas K., b. Apr. 10, 1761; d. Feb. 2, 1849; m. Dec. 15,
1791, Polly Keyes. His place of residence appears to have
been quite changeable. He seems to have lived in New
Ipswich from 1783 until 1788, then for some years in Nel-
son, afterward in Antrim, and later still in Lowell, Mass.
He enlisted several times during the Revolution, serving in
companies from Rindge, Fitzwilliam, and vicinity.
16. iii. Abigail.
3. JosiAH^ (John*, Allen^ Allen^ Allen^), b. Lynn, Dec.
16, 1731; d. Dec. 12. 1790; m. (1) Dec. 18, 1755, Mary= (Jo-
seph*, Joseph^ Allen^, Allen^) Breed [b. Jan. 6, 1733; d. May
7, 1767] ; (2) June 30, 1768, Hannah, dau. of Henry Bacheller
[b. 1729; d. Aug. 16, 1805]. He was in the contest of Apr.
19, 1775, and was captured by the British, but was later ex-
changed for a captured lieutenant. He did further service in
Massachusetts troops. Res. in Lynn. Children :
17. i. Mehetable, b. Jan. 8, 1757; m. Theophilus Bacheller.
18. ii. Allen, b. July 14, 1759.-|-
19. iii. Nathaniel (twin), b. Aug. 30, 1761.
20. iv. Charles (twin), b. Aug. 30, 1761.
21. V. Joseph, b. Mar. 29, 1764.
22. vi. Mary, b. Apr. 29, 1772; d. Nov. 17, 1813.
. 4. Allen*^ (John^ John*, Allen^, Allen^, Allen^), b. Jan. 19,
1744; d. Apr. 16, 1806; m. Jan. 15, 1767, Lydia Mansfield (1).
He came to New Ipswich, probably with his father, about
1764. He seems to have lived upon his father's farm, and to
have succeeded him in its ownership. Apparently he was in
service during the greater part of the Revolutionary war,
although it is difficult to certainly distinguish in the records
between his service and that of his cousin bearing the same
name. Children :
23. i. Lydia, b. Jan. 8, 1768; d. Feb. 1, 1807, unm.
24. ii. John, b. Dec. 1, 1769.-|-
25. iii. Elisha Newhall, b. Dec. 30, 1771.-1-
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26. iv. Allen, b. Feb. 8, 1774.+
27. V. Jane, b. Dec. 9, 1775.
28. vi. Enoch, b. Apr. 2, 1780.+
18. Allen" (Josiah^ John^ Allen^ Allen^, Aliens), b. July
14, 1759; d. Apr. 2, 1842; m. July, 1781, Lucy, dau. of Reuben
Taylor (10) [b. Jan. 10, 1762; d. Mar. 23, 1825]. When his
father enlisted at Lynn, he came to New Ipswich and served
in the companies of both Capt. Joseph Parker and Capt.
Stephen Parker, and in later service held a lieutenant's com-
mission. Children :
29. i. JosiAH, b. Apr. 25, 1782; d. Mar. 5, 1855.
30. ii. Mehetable, b. Dec. 8, 1783; d. Feb., 1856.
31. iii. Lucy, b. Dec. 17, 1785; d. July 2, 1819.
32. iv. Mary, b. May 20, 1789; d. May 26, 1869.
33. V. Milly, b. Feb. 28, 1790.
34. vi. Allen, b. Jan. 20, 1792; d. Mar. 13, 1827.
35. vii. Rachel, b. Feb. 8, 1794.
36. viii. Hannah, b. Dec. 14, 1795; d. 1856.
37. ix. Ira, b. Dec. 23, 1797; d. Jan. 9, 1823.
38. X. George Washington, b. Jan. 14, 1800.
39. xl. Harriet, b. Feb. 28, 1802.
40. xii. Lucretia, b. July 15, 1804; d. Aug. 15, 1804.
41. xiii. Reuben Taylor, b. July 28, 1806.
24. JoiiN^ (Alien", John^ John*, Allen^, Allen^, Allen^), b.
Dec. 1, 1769; d. June 28, 1807; m. Nov. 16, 1797, Abiah Lamp-
son [b. June 2, 1777; d. Apr. 14, 1808]. He was a farmer
upon the next farm eastward from that of his father (80,
A. D.) Children:
42. i. Abiah, b. Aug. 17, 1798; d. Sept. 1, 1883. She resided in New
Ipswich and in Ashby, Mass., and was for many years a
nurse and general helper in times of need. She was the
last member of the family here recorded as resident in
town, and the date borne upon the marble stone marking
her grave is separated by more than fifty years from the
date upon the latest of the long line of olden slate stones
in the South graveyard at the end of which it stands.
43. ii. John, b. June 8, 1800.
44. iii. Moses, b. Mar. 12, 1802.
45. iv. Daniel, b. Apr. 8, 1804.
46. V. Susan, b. Mar. 10, 1807.
25. Elisha Newhall^ (Allen", John^ John^ Allen^, Allen-,
Allen^), b. Dec. 30, 1771; d. Mar. 6, 1802; ni. Rebecca
[b. about May, 1779; d. Oct. 14, 1806]. He probably passed
the years of his brief manhood on the ancestral farm.
Children :
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47. i. Elisha Newhall, b. Feb. 14, 1802; d. Sept. 20, 1805.
26. Allen^ (Allen«, John^ John*, Allen^, Allen^ Allen^),
b. Feb. 8, 1774; d. Mar. 8, 1849; m. Esther Lampson of Little-
ton, Mass. Children :
48. i. Esther, b. Sept. 24, 1797.
49. ii. HuLDY, b. May 25, 1799.
28. Enoch^ (Allen«, John^ John*, Allen^, Allen^, Allen^),
b. Apr. 2, 1780; d. June 26, 1811 ; m. Dec. 29, 1807, Sarah, dau.
of John* and Susanna (Page) Wetherbee of Rindge [m. (2)
Dea. Adin Cummings of Rindge]. Res. in Rindge. Children:
50. i. Joseph Baxter, b. Nov. 27, 1808.+
51. ii. Marinda, b. 1810; d. young.
50. Joseph Baxter^ (Enoch^, Allen", John^ John*, Allen^
Allen-, Allen^), b. Nov. 27, 1808; d. Sept. 23, 1864; m. June
6, 1833, Mary Wilson (16). He was a merchant in Rindge,
and was a deacon there. Children :
52. i. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1S34; m. Jan. 12, 1860, John C.
Spenser. Res. Geneseo, 111.
Martha Jane, b. and d. June 8, 1834.
Sarah Marinda, b. Nov. 15, 1835; d. Dec. 3, 1835.
Marinda, b. Oct. 10, 1836; m. Nov. 3, 1865, John L. Combs.
Res. Geneseo, 111.
Harriet Wilson, b. Aug. 9, 1838; d. Sept. 5, 1839.
Augustus Baxter, b. Sept. 12, 1840; d. May 31, 1863, while
serving in the Civil War.
58. vii. George Henry, b. May 28, 1844; m. Caroline A. Albro of
Providence, R. I. Res. Geneseo, 111.
The readiness of the members of this family for Revolutionary
service suggests mention of the fact that Ebenezer Breed, the owner
of the larger part of Breed's Hill, upon which the battle of "Bunker Hill"
was fought, was a kinsman of the New Ipswich family, his lineage as
follows : Allen', John", Ebenezer^ John\ Ebenezer^
The early disappearance of this family from the town, probably
largely due to the tendency of its members to consumption, the wide
dispersion of the descendants of the residents in New Ipswich, and also
the prevalence of two or three given names causing an exceptional un-
certainty in the interpretation of records, have together made entire
accuracy hard to attain. It is hoped, however, that the resulting errors
are not very great.
BRIANT.
Abraham Briant', m. (1) 1664, Mary, dau. of Dea. Thomas Kendall
of Reading, Mass. [d. 1688] ; (2) Ruth, widow of Samuel Frothingham
of Charlestown, Mass. [d. 1693]. He was a blacksmith in Reading. Dea.
Kendall had no sons living to adult age, but each of his eight daughters
married and had a son named Kendall.
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Kendall' (Abraham'), b. Sept. 8, 1680; m. 1704, Elizabeth, dau. of
Maj. Jeremiah and Mary (Smith) Swain. He followed his father's
occupation as a blacksmith.
1. Kendall^ (KendalP, Abraham^), b. Alar. 7, 1709; m.
Oct. 5, 1736, Mary Parker. He followed the family trade
of a blacksmith in his native town until middle life. In 1754
he and his wife were dismissed to the church in Concord,
Mass., but his residence there must have been brief, as his
name does not appear upon the Vital Records of that town,
and he came to New Ipswich as early as 1763, apparently
from Pepperell. He purchased a small farm from Col. Reuben
Kidder, (46, N. D.) The probable location of his house may
still be seen on the eastern side of the old "country road"
about midway between the Kidder cellar and the house nearer
the Center Village which has bpen developed by additions
from the ancient smaller dwelling of Col. Kidder's negro
slave, Caesar. Near the Briant house was his blacksmithy.
No list of children of this family has been found.
2. Edmond* (KendalP, Kendall-, Abraham^), b. June 3,
1744; d. Sept. 28, 1786; m. (1) Abigail Fletcher (7; ; (2) Dec.
30, 1778, Hannah Sprague [b. about 1748; d. Sept. 7, 1830].
He continued the family calling in his father's shop and later
in Smith Village. He served three times during the Revo-
lution, first in response to the Concord alarm, second as lieu-
tenant in the company of Capt. Josiah Brown in 1777, and
third, later in the same year, as captain of another New Ips-
wich company. It is characteristic of the enlistments in the
earlier years of the war that these three terms of service to-
gether covered a period of only about six weeks. Children :
3. i. Joseph, b. Sept. 25, 1765. -f-
4. ii. Edmond, b. May 20, 1768; m. Nov. 27, 1788, Nabby Fox (3).
5. iii. Abigail, b. Jan. 6, 1775.
6. iv. Aaron, b. 1783.
3. Joseph^ (Edmond*, Kendall^, Kendall^, Abraham^), b.
Sept. 25, 1785 ; m. Anna . Children :
7. i. Joseph, b. Jan. 8, 1786.
8. ii. John, b. Apr. 25, 1788.
9. iii. Anna, b. June 13, 1790.
10. iv. Benjamin, b. Aug. 20, 1792.
The New Ipswich tax lists bear also the names of Amos, Edward,
James, John, and Nathan Briant, who were perhaps residents for a year
or two at about the time of the arrival of Kendall Briant, and were
probably his kinsmen. But no record of such relationship has appeared.
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BROOKS.
This name has been borne by citizens of New Ipswich descended
from two immigrant ancestors, Thomas and Henry Brooks; but as ac-
cording to reliable tradition these ancestors were brothers, their de-
scendants are here presented together.
Thomas^ Brooks, b. County Suffolk, England; d. Concord, Mass.,
May 21, 1667; m. Grace, dau. of Capt. Timothy Wheeler of Concord [d.
May 12, 1664]. He was a preacher in London and came to America in
1634, remaining at Watertown, Mass., for a time, but soon removing to
Concord, settled in that part which is now Carlisle. He was a deacon,
and represented the town in the General Court for several years.
Henry' Brooks, d. Apr. 12, 1683; m. (1) Susanna [d. Sept. 15,
1681] ; (2) July 12, 1682, Annis Jaquith. He is believed to have come to
America with his brother Thomas, and to have removed to Concord a
little later than Thomas. But he resided there only a few years, as the
birth of only one child, in 1641, is recorded there. He was a proprietor
of Woburn, Mass., in 1652 and apparently resided there.
Joshua' (Thomas'), b. England, 1625; d. Concord, Mass., Oct. 10,
1698; m. Oct. 17, 1653, Hannah, dau. of Capt. Hugh Mason. Res. Con-
cord, Mass.
JoHN= (Henry'), b. England, Jan. 1, 1624; m. Nov. 1, 1649, Eunice,
dau. of Dea. John and Joanna Monsal.
Noah' (Joshua', Thomas'), b. Concord, 1657; d. Feb. 1, 1738-9; m.
Dorothy Wright of Sudbury, Mass. [b. about 1663; d. Mar. 15, 1752].
Res. Concord.
John' (John', Henry'), b. March 1, 1664; d. Aug. 7, 1733; m. Feb. 25,
1684, Mary Richardson.
Thomas' (Noah', Joshua', Thomas'), b. May 28, 1701; d. Dec. 22,
1790; m. June 24, 1725, Hannah, dau. of Joseph and Dorothy (Wooster)
Dakin [b. Oct. 23, 1704; d. July 3, 1784]. Res. Lincoln, Mass.
Nathan* (John', John', Henry'), b. Nov. 1, 1706; d. Jan. 6, 1751;
m. Sarah, dau. of Jonathan and Hannah (Fowle) Wyman. Res. Woburn.
Aaron^ (Thomas^ Noah', Joshua', Thomas'), b. Concord, Aug. 24,
1727; d. Feb. 23, 1811; m. Jan. 2, 1755, Mary Stone.
William' (Nathan^ John', John', Henry'), b. Mar. 3, 1737; d. Oct.
11, 1804; m. Mar. 29, 1759, Abigail Kemp On attaining his majority
or earlier he removed to Hollis, of which he was one of the proprietors.
In the Revolution he gave two terms of service, once as lieutenant; he
enlisted a third time as captain, but was not called upon to leave the
state; later he removed to Lyndeboro.
1. Stephen^ (Aaron^, Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua^, Thomas^),
b. Lincoln, Mass., Mar. 22, 1759; d. Jan. 30, 1848; m. June 7,
1791, Rachel Taylor (20). In early manhood he settled in
Rindge near the New Ipswich line where the road over Binney
Hill enters the Rindge turnpike, but in 1798 he exchanged
farms with his brother Aaron and removed a half mile east-
ward to the farm for many years owned by his descendants,
(97, A. D.,) where he passed an honorable life; his house
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was the western one of the two houses now standing. He
rendered service at least three times, 1775, 1777, 1780, before
leaving Massachusetts. Children :
3. i. Rachel, b. July 6, 1792; d. Feb. 20, 1795.
4. ii. Stephen, b. Oct. 31, 1794; d. Mar. 24, 1795.
5. iii. Stephen, b. Jan. 27, 1796.-|-
6. iv. Joseph, b. Aug. 31, 1798.+
7. V. Walton, b. Sept. 4, 1800.+
8. vi. Rachel, b. Dec. 29, 1802; m. Feb. 11, 1847, Joseph Davis, son
of Ebenezer B. and Huldah (Lawrence) Davis of Rindge.
She was his third wife.
9. vii. Harvey, b. May 30, 1805.+
10. viii. Oliver, b. May 14, 1810; d. Feb. 25, 1895; m. Eliza C. Farrar
[b. Oct., 1811; d. Nov. 28, 1892]. He passed his life in
Denmark, Iowa, of which he was one of the first settlers
and where he was a deacon.
11. ix. Newton, b. March 13, 1812.-}-
2. Aaron^ (Aaron^ Thomas*, Noah^ Joshua^ Thomas^),
b. Lincoln, Mass., Jan. 10, 1765; d. Aug. 4, 1823; m. Mary
Taylor (23). He came to New Ipswich about 1790 and set-
tled on the farm next south of that of Thaddeus Taylor, (97,
A. D.,) where he lived for a few years and then exchanged
with his brother Stephen as before stated and lived in Rindge
until his death.
William' (William^ Nathan*, John', John', Henry'), b. Hollis, May
1, 1760; d. Greenfield, Sept. 5, 1843; m. (1) Deborah Parker of Groton,
Mass.; (2) Hepzibah Draper.
5. Stephen^ (Stephen^ Aaron^ Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua^,
Thomas^), b. Jan. 27, 1796; d. Apr. 2, 1876; m. May 22, 1823,
Narcissa Tweed Pratt (John, 7). Res. Ashby. Children:
12. i. Amelia Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1826; d. July 7, 1864; m. Dec.
19, 1861, Franklin Wyman of Westminster, Mass. She
attended the academies at New Ipswich and Groton, Mass.,
and taught for several years before her marriage. Res.
Westminster. Child: i. Alfred Aiireliiis Wyman, b. Oct.
26, 1863; d. Nov. 9, 1907; m. Flora Wright of Fitchburg,
in which city he was a successful business man. Six sons.
13. ii. Myron Dwight, b. Aug. 26, 1828; d. Jan. 29, 1832.
14. iii. Ellen Mariah, b. May 16, 1831; d. Jan. 26, 1832.
15. iv. Louisa Langdon, b. June 25, 1833. She attended New Ips-
wich Academy, graduated from the Westfield (Mass.) Nor-
mal School, and has passed her life as a teacher and reader.
Res. Boston.
16. v. Horace Stephen, b. July 22, 1835. -j-
17. vi. Myron Dwight, b. May 9, 1838. -f
18. vii. Henry Winslow, b. May 17, 1845.4-
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6. Joseph^ (Stephen^, Aaron^ Thomas*, Noah^, Joshlla^
Thomas^), b. Aug. 31, 1798; m. May 5, 1825, Emily Taylor
(46). He was a farmer in Rindge. Children:
19. i. Warren Taylor, b. Sept. 21, 1827; d. Oct. 2, 1827.
20. ii. Emily Taylor, b. Mar. 25, 1829; d. June 24, 1852: m. Apr.
25, 1850, Samuel. W.', son of Walter' (Lyman', Joshua', Jo-
seph*, Joshua', William', Robert') Fletcher of Westford,
Mass. He is a merchant in West Rindge. One son.
21. iii. Calista A., b. Aug. 19, 1831; m. Pliny F. Towne (39).
22. iv. Caroline M., b. Sept. 28, 1834; m. Nov. 9. 1852, her brother-
in-law Samuel W. Fletcher. Four children.
23. V. Charles B., b. Nov. 2, 1841 ; d. Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 18,
1871. He served in the Civil War in the 9th N. H. Regt.
7. Walton^ (Stephen'^. Aaron'^, Thomas*, Noah^ Toshua-,
Thomas^), b. Sept. 4, 1800; d. May 5, 1881; m. Mar. 28, 1822,
Arethusa, dau. of Thomas Piper [b. April 19, 1803; d. Apr.
30, 1895]. He succeeded to his father's farm, living in the
eastern of the dwelling-houses upon it. Children :
24. i. Nancy Piper, b. Aug. 20, 1823; d. Feb. 23, 1898; m. Sept. 23,
1841, George W. Stearns.
25. ii. Eveline Jewett, b. Sept. 14, 1825 ; d. May 6, 1901 ; m. June
17, 1846, Joshua Chadwick Towne of Rindge [d. Feb. 3,
1893].
26. iii. Harriet Taylor, b. Sept. 14, 1828; d. Nov. 3, 1831.
27. iv. Ivers Harvey, b. Apr. 27, 1831. +
28. V. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 21, 1833; m. (1) Oct. 2, 1851, George
Raymond Thomas [d. May 20, 1873]; (2) Oct. 1, 1884,
George G. Williams (16). Res. Rindge. Five children.
29. vi. Albert Newton, b. June 6, 1836.-|-
9. Harvey^ (Stephen^, Aaron^, Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua^,
Thomas^), b. May 30, 1805; d. Jan. 20, 1899; m. Lois Burgess
of Ashburnham, Mass. [d. Jan. 19, 1892]. Res. Gardner,
Mass. Children :
30. i. Harvey P.
31. ii. Euclid L.
32. iii. Newton.
33. iv. Luella.
11. Newton^ (Stephen^ Aaron^ Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua^,
Thomas^, b. Mar. 13, 1812; d. Feb. 28, 1898; m. June 2, 1841,
Harriet A. Campbell (6). He left New Ipswich a few years
after attaining his majority and was in Boston or its vicinity
for about ten years, returning to his native town in 1846 and
purchasing for his home the house built by John Crosby at
about the close of the preceding century, standing next to the
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Barrett mansion on the south. This was his home for about
thirty-five years until, after the death of his wife, he left the
town, passing his later years with his son in Chicago. He
was a man of artistic temperament and for a considerable
time was occupied in the production of oil portraits. After
the development of the daguerreotype, however, he turned his
attention in that direction, and at a very early date made use
of the gallery upon wheels for offering the later forms of that
line of work to the public. He was a trustee of the Academy
for a considerable period. Child:
34. i. Newton Vinelle, b. Aug. 3, 1845; m. (1) Mary J. Reynolds
[d. May 3, 1892] ; (2) Mar. 23, 1896, Mary Partridge Frank.
Res. in Chicago. One son.
James Hosley' (William", William', Nathan^ John', John', Henry'),
d. in Greenfield, Dec. 30, 1885 ; m. Sabrina H. Person of Prancestown.
Gardner Towne' (William", William^ Nathan*, John', John", Henry'),
b. Hancock, May 18, 1794; d. Pitchburg, Mass., June 3, 1841; m. Mina
Gove [b. about 1794; d. Oct. 31, 1879].
16. Horace Stephen® (Stephen'^, Stephen*', Aaron",
Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua", Thomas^), b. July 22, 1835; m.
Ashby, Mass., Sarah Elisabeth Rice. Res. in Springfield,
Mass., and is a farmer in Ashby. Has been a teacher and
member of the Legislature. Children :
38. i. pREDERic Pratt, b. Springfield; m. Dec. 18, 1906, Ada Comer
Waterman. He graduated from Boston School of Phar-
macy and has been successful in business. Res. Norwood,
Mass.
39. ii. Mabel Rice, b. Sept. 1, 1868. She graduated from Worcester,
Mass., Normal School and is a teacher in Worcester.
40. iii. Lucy Hubbard, b. Ashby, Mass., Peb. 8, 1880. She graduated
from Worcester Normal School and is a teacher.
17. Myron Dwight® (Stephen^ Stephen^, Aaron^,
Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua-, Thomas^), b. May 9, 1838; m. in
Boston, May 28, 1867, Susan Ann Field. He has been a busi-
ness man in Boston, Florida, and Georgia. Child :
41. i. Amy Louise C, b. May 12, 1870; m. June 12, 1899, Dr. Pred-
eric S. Snow. One daughter.
18. Henry Winslow® (Stephen^ Stephen^, Aaron^
Thomas*, Noah^ Joshua^, Thomas^), b. May 17, 1845; m. (1)
June 11, 1868, Jeannette Wilson Wright [d. Dec. 20, 1877] ;
(2) Feb. 23, 1880, Lucy Reade Wright [d. Oct. 26, 1905].
Res. in Chicago, where his children were born. Children :
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42. i. Maude Wright, b. Apr. 10, 1869; d. New York, Feb., 1896.
Graduated from Normal School in Philadelphia and was a
teacher.
43. ii. Robert Montgomery, b. Nov. 6, 1872; d. Johnstown, Penn.,
Jan. 27, 1897; m. Oct., 1896, Margaret Donnegan. He was
a civil engineer.
44. iii. Henry Winslow, b. Dec. 20, 1877; m. Mar. 23, 1911, Lucy
Bennet Claxton. He graduated from a business college
in New York city, where he had entered upon a business life.
27. IvERS Harvey^ (Walton^, Stephen^, Aaron^ Thomas*,
Noah^ Joshua-, Thomas^), b. Apr. 27, 1831; m. (1) Nov. 11,
1852, Nancy R. Bancroft (4); (2) Jan. 1, 1908, E. Urania
Wright. He has been a farmer in Rindge and in Ashby,
Mass., and has held the office of deacon. Children :
45. i. Ancil W., b. April 2, 1855; m. Nettie M. Frost of Ashby,
Mass. Three children.
46. ii. Mary Eveline, b. Sept. 14, 1858; m. Howard P. Lamb of
Rindge. Four children.
47. iii. James William, b. Apr. 17, 1861; m. M. Emma Walker of
Fitchburg, Mass. Four children.
48. iv. Jennie Harriet, b. Sept. 19, 1863; m. Edward R. Wilder of
Fitchburg. Four children.
49. V. Helen, b. June 13, 1866; d. Sept. 25, 1890; m. Charles J.
Hubbard of Ashby, Mass. Two children.
50. vi. Frederick Eugene, b. Nov. 7, 1867; m. Nellie E. Whitney of
Ashby. Three children.
29. Albert Newton* (Walton'^, Stephen^, Aaron^,
Thomas*, Noah^, Joshua^ Thomas^), b. June 6, 1836; d. Sept.
25, 1881 ; m. Oct. 22, 1857, Clementine M. Hale of Rindge [b.
Mar. 23, 1841]. He was a farmer and succeeded to the family
estate. Children :
51. i. George Henry, b. Feb. 29, 1864; m. Dec. 23, 1896, Esther
Jane Green [b. Ashby, Mass., Nov. 20, 1873]. Res. Ashby.
Children: i. Ruth Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1904. ii. Clara
Helen, b. Nov. 8, 1906.
52. ii. Oliver Newton, b. Jan. 12, 1866; m. Sept. 5, 1893, Martha
Bell, dau. of William and Isabel (Maxwell) Corbett [b. Apr.
18, 1877]. Res. Ashby. Children: i. Minnie Arthusa. ii.
Walton Albert, iii. Laura Abbie. iv. Hazel Emma.
35. Frederick A.* (James H.^ William^ William^ Na-
than*, John^ John^ Henry^), b. Nashua, Mar. 20, 1836; d.
Apr. 18, 1882; m. Sept. 15, 1860, Helen M. Mansur (15). He
came to New Ipswich in early manhood and until his death
conducted a private express to Boston, living during nearly
the entire period at New Ipswich, but for a few years at other
towns upon his route. Child :
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53. i. Lena A., b. July 20, 1861; m. May 11, 1891, Frederic Preston
(110).
36. Square Gage« (Gardner^ William*', William^ Nathan*,
John^ John^, Henry^), b. Merrimac, April 4, 1833; d. Dec. 26,
1907; m. Dec. 30, 1855, Sarah L. Griggs of Roxbury. He re-
sided for a short time in Bank Village. Six children, the
youngest of whom, Herbert Griggs, succeeded to his father's
business in Roxbury.
37. Edward Chase^ (Gardner^ William®, William^, Na-
than*, John^ John-, Henry^), m. March 13, 1848, Hannah
Merrill, dau. of Charles Porter [b. Mar. 4, 1826; d. May 6,
1881]. Lived on the "Moses Wilkins" farm 1861-72. Chil-
dren :
54. i. Lizzie, m. Jan. 4, 1875, Thomas K. Bolton (9).
55. ii. Charles Edward, d. July 27, 1873.
56. iii. Susan P.
57. iv. Gertrude.
BROWN (Abraham).
Abraham' Brown, d. about 1650; m. Lydia [d. Sept. 27, 1686;
m. (2) Nov. 27, 1659, Andrew Hodges of Ipswich, Mass.]. He was a
very early settler at Watertown and a leading citizen.
Jonathan^ (Abraham'), b. Oct. 15, 1635; d. 1691; m. Feb. 11, 1661/2,
Mary, dau. of William and Susanna Shattuck of Watertown [b. Aug. 25,
1645; d. Oct. 23, 1732].
Benjamin' (Jonathan', Abraham'), b. Feb. 27, 1681/2; d. Mar. 11,
1753; m. Feb. 27, 1702/3, Anna, dau. of Capt. Benj. and Elizabeth (Bridge)
Garfield of Watertown [b. June 2, 1683; d. Sept. 13, 1737]. He lived in
that part of Weston afterwards a part of Lincoln.
William' (Jonathan^ Abraham'), b. Sept. 3, 1684; d. Oct. 28, 1756;
m. (1) Jan. 10, 1704/5, Hannah Pease of Cambridge, Mass. [d. Mar. 10,
1717/8] ; (2) Dec. 11, 1718, Sarah, dau. of Jonas and Grace (Coolidge)
Bond [b. about 1699; d. June 10, 1777]. He was a member of the first
board of selectmen of Waltham, Mass.
Joseph^ (Benjamin^ Jonathan', Abraham'), b. Feb., 1717/8; d. Apr.
2, 1788; m. Feb. 7, 1744/5, Abigail, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Munroe
of Lexington [b. Jan. 21, 1723; d. Mar. 18, 1793]. Res. in Lincoln and
Waltham.
1. Isaac* (William^, Jonathan^, Abraham^), b. Dec. 5,
1711; d. Oct. 6, 1759; m. Apr., 1736, Mary, dau. of Thomas
and Mary (Prentiss) Balch [b. about 1714; d. Apr. 29, 1782;
m. (2) May 22, 1760, Nathan Brown of Lincoln, Mass.] He
may not have been a resident in New Ipswich, but his imme-
diate family is so closely identified with the town that it is
here presented as though he were himself a townsman. His
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widow is said to have spent her last days with her youngest
son in New Ipswich. Children :
Mary, b. Mar. 17, 1738/9; d. Nov. 18, 1740.
Isaac, b. Apr. 14, 1740; d. Nov. 16, 1740.
Mary, b. Aug. 22, 1741 ; d. Oct. 7, 1742.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1742; d. young.
Eunice, b. Oct. 10, 1744; d. Sept. 9, 1818; m. 1764, Rev.
Stephen Farrar (1).
Isaac, b. June 24, 1746; d. about 1752.
Moses, b. Apr. 6, 1748; d. June 16, 1820; m. (1) Oct. 16, 1774,
Elizabeth, dau. of Osmyn Trask of Beverly [d. July 7,
1788] ; (2) May 3, 1789, Mary, dau. of Rev. Matthew and
Anna (Perkins) Bridge [b. Sept. 7, 1760; d. Feb. 21, 1843].
He graduated from Harvard College in 1768. He was a
merchant in Beverly, Mass., was a captain in the Revo-
lutionary War, president of the Provincial Congress, mem-
ber of the Legislature, and a Presidential Elector in 1808.
Three children.
9. viii. Mary, b. Dec. 29, 1749; d. Nov. 30, 1824; m. June 1, 1769,
Ephraim Hartwell (1).
10. ix. Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1751.
11.x. Aaron, b. Sept. 16, 1752; d. Nov. 14, 1811; m. (1) 1774,
Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Whitney) Stowell
of Waltham, Mass. [b. June 14, 1752; d. Aug. 4, 1797];
(2) Dec, 1799, Thesta, dau. of Hon. Stowell Dana of
Brighton, Mass. He was a merchant in Boston, and is
said to have removed to New Ipswich in his later life, but
neither records nor tradition give further details. Nine
children.
Ephraim° (Joseph\ Benjamin^ Jonathan^ Abraham^), b. Lincoln,
Mass.. Aug. 30, 1756; d. Mar. 3, 1813; m. Oct., 1779, Elizabeth, dau. of
Jacob Wyman of Wayland, Mass. Eleven children.
12. William*' (Ephraim^ Joseph^ Benjamin^ Jonathan-,
Abraham^), b. Lincoln, Mass., May 22, 1807; d. Jan. 8, 1877;
m. June 10, 1830, Lucy Taylor (45). For several years after
his marriage he had a general store at what is now Smithville,
succeeding Peter Felt in the house at the corner around which
the road from the Center Village turns toward the "Fox place"
and the present "Little Finland." Jeremiah Smith, from
whom the village was later to receive its name, was asso-
ciated with him for a time, but the firm was not of long dura-
tion; after its dissolution Mr. Smith opened just across the
street a store which was to have a longer life than any other
store of that village, while Mr. Brown entered the colony of
New Ipswich people then forming a settlement in Iowa, to
which his wife gave its name, Denmark, and there he spent
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his remaining' forty years of life, having a part in founding
and shaping a New England town upon what was then al-
most the extreme frontier. Children:
13. i. William Taylor, b. Apr. 17, 1831.4-
14. ii. Charles Kendall, b. May 9, 1833.4-
15. iii. Edward Hills, b. May 9, 1836.+
16. iv. George Stewart, b. Feb. 16, 1838. +
17. V. Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1841; d. Feb. 14, 1911; m. Feb.
7, 1870, John J. Day. Res. in Denmark, Iowa. They had
no children but adopted in her infancy, Lilian Anna, b.
Aug. 9, 1879; m. Feb. 5, 1902, Charles Wharton; she resides
upon the family homestead in Denmark.
18. vi. Harriet Rebekah, b. Oct. 29, 1844; m. Feb. 7, 1870, Newton
L. Mills [b. Gustavus, O., Mar. 23, 1845].
19. vii. Lucy Henrietta, b. Nov. 30, 1846; d. Eldon, Iowa, Aug. 21,
1907, unm.
20. viii. Ellen Sophronia, b. Mar. 14, 1853; m. Feb. 15, 1883, Rev.
Dallas D. Tibbetts. Five children.
13. William'' Taylor (William,", Ephraim^, Joseph*, Ben-
jamin^ Jonathan^ Abraham^), b. Apr. 17, 1831; d. Aug. 30,
1894; m. (1) Apr. 23, 1856, Almira Jane Dudley [d. Dec. 12,
1891] ; (2) Feb. 22, 1894, Mrs. Martha Sutter. Res. in Den-
mark, Iowa. Children :
21. i. Olive E., b. July 25, 1859; d. Aug. 2, 1909; m. J. E. Trevett.
Walter W., b. Aug. 20, 1862.
Laura L., b. July 23, 1864; d. Feb. 26, 1897; m. Hiram Ken-
nedy.
Bertha G., b. Feb. 10, 1866.
Frank O., b. June, 1868; d. Oct. 20, 1868.
LiLiA, b. Oct., 1870; d. Jan., 1871.
14. Charles Kendall' (William^ Ephraim^ Joseph*,
Benjamin^ Jonathan^, Abraham^), b. May 9, 1833 ; d. Fairhope,
Ala., June 17, 1909; m. Nov. 1, 1860, Harriet N. Briggs [b.
Utica, N. Y., June 11, 1836]. Children:
27. i. Frank L., b. Dec. 26, 1861.
28. ii. Nellie M., b. Sept. 28, 1863.
29. iii. Anna D., b. Feb. 9, 1868.
15. Edward Hills' (William*', Ephraim^ Joseph*, Benja-
min^ Jonathan^, Abraham^), b. May 9, 1836; d. Middletown,
Iowa, July 18, 1911; m. (1) Oct. 23, 1856, Clara Ellen Dudley
[b. Oct. 23, 1856; d. Oct. 31, 1888]; (2) Jan. 14, 1889, Mrs.
Anna Diemer. Children:
30. i. Arthur Allen, b. Oct. 13, 1857; m. Alice Purcell. He is a
farmer and veterinarian at Columbia, Mo. Four children.
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31. ii. Clarence Edward, b. May 1, 1859; m. Lesta Purcell. He is
merchant, Nevada, Mo.
32. iii. Etalea Latoria, b. Apr. 2, 1866; m. William Taylor. Res.
at Keene, Tex. Five children.
33. iv. Charles, b. Aug. 7, 1872; m. Clara Van Syke. He is a well
driller at Rocheport, Mo. Five children.
16. George Stewart'^ (William'', Ephraim^, Joseph*, Ben-
jamin^, Jonathan^, Abraham^), b. Feb. 16, 1838; d. Geneseo,
111., Feb. 19, 1888 ; m. Feb. 24, 1870, Sophie E. Mills of Lewis,
Iowa. Children :
34. i. Fred Oliver, b. Dec. 3, 1870.
35. ii. William G., b. July 2, 1875.
36. iii. Edward F., b. July 2, 1875.
37. iv. Edith Julia, b. Dec. 20, 1879.
BROWN (John).
JoHN^ Brown, b. England, 1608; d. Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 13, 1677;
m. Mary . He came to America in 1635, and had settled at Ipswich
as early as 1640. He was a farmer and tailor.
John- (John'), b. about 1639; d. Apr. 9, 1727; m. (1) Hannah
[b. about 1650] ; (2) Elizabeth ; (3) Hannah [d. Nov. 17, 1727].
Res. Ipswich.
William' (John=, John'), b. 1683; d. about 1753; m. Apr. 17, 1703,
Dorothy, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Giddings. He was a weaver at
Ipswich.
William' (William^ John=, John'), d. Dec. 31, 1799; m. Jan. 1, 1726,
Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph and Susanna (Dutch) Kinsman [b. Nov. 11,
1707]. Res. Ipswich (prob. 1713-76).
1. Ebenezer^ (William*, William^, John^, John^), bapt.
Oct. 14, 1744; d. June 7, 1814; m. Mar. 24, 1768, Elizabeth Per-
kins [b. about 1745; d. Mar. 19, 1837]. He came to New
Ipswich about 1776, and settled upon lot 30, N. D., where he
was a farmer and also a blacksmith. Children :
2. i. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 19, 1769.+
3. ii. Isaac, bapt. Nov. 18, 1770.
4. iii. William, bapt. Nov. 15, 1772.
5. iv. Elizabeth, bapt. Apr. 11, 1775; d. Apr. 30, 1775.
6. v. Elizabeth Perkins, b. Apr. 21, 1776.
7. vi. Eleazer, b. 1778.-[-
8. vii. Lucy.
9. viii. James.
10. ix. Susan, b. about 1786; d. Apr. 21, 1857.
11. X. Sarah.
12. xi. Abigail, b. July 1, 1790; d. Oct. 23, 1873; m. Jan. 2, 1812,
Daniel Spaulding (26).
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2. Ebenezer^ (Ebenezer^, William*, William^, John^,
John^), b. Feb. 19, 1769; d. May 20, 1849; m. (1) Feb. 25,
1796, Lydia, dau. of Daniel and Lydia (Breed) Mansfield (7) ;
(2) Cynthia Holbrook. He was a clothier in Rindge and a
deacon in the church of that town. Children :
13. i. Ebenezer Wilder, b. Feb. 22, 1797 ; d. Jan. IS, 1839 ; m. Nov.
29, 1821, Eliza, dau. of Thaddeus and Dorothy (Coolidge)
Richards. He succeeded to his father's business. Children :
i. Franklin Wilder, b. Aug. 24, 1822; d. Aug. 4, 1827. ii.
Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 19, 1830; m. Warham H. Rugg.
14. ii. Franklin, b. Apr. 17, 1799; d. Oct. 24, 1819.
15. iii. Eliza, bapt. Feb. 4, 1810; m. Horace A. Breed of Fitchburg,
Mass.
7. Eleazer*' (Ebenezer^, William*, William^, John-, John^),
b. 1778; d. July 24, 1855; m. Feb. 6, 1806, Hannah Morgan [d.
Jan. 25, 1867]. In middle life he became interested in cotton
manufactures, then steadily increasing in New Ipswich, and
about 1825 in connection with Samuel Batchelder he estab-
lished a factory for the manufacture of tickings, between the
sites of the mills known at different periods as the "Upper
Factory" and the "Lower Factory," as the "Waterloom" and
"Souhegan Mills," and still later as the "Columbian, No. 3"
and the "Columbian, No. 2." "Brown's Factory" was active
until, in the changing methods of competition, the smaller
mills were unable to maintain a profitable activity. For a
considerable period the tax assessed against Mr. Brown was
exceeded by that of only one fellow townsman. He was in-
terested in military affairs, and his command of one of the
militia companies caused him to be generally mentioned as
"Capt. Brown." Children:
16. i. Hannah Maria, b. Dec. 9, 1806; d. 1819.
17. ii. Elvira, b. July 25, 1808; d. 1809.
18. iii. Elvira E., b. Jan. 1, 1810; d. 1810.
19. iv. Louisa Reed, b. Mar. 4, 1811; d. Macon, Ga., Mar., 1838; m.
R. R. Graves.
20. V. Lucy Ann, b. Jan. 8, 1813; d. Oct. 22, 1909; m. Jan. 13, 1836,
George M. Champney (16).
21. vi. George, b. Apr. 14, 1815; d. 1816.
22. vii. Henrietta, b. Jan. 16, 1817; d. Macon, Ga., 1848; m. Dec. 25,
1837, Edwin Graves.
23. viii. Charles Bradford, b. Oct. 8, 1818; d. Feb. 11, 1825.
24. ix. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 28, 1821 ; d. Feb. 21, 1825.
25. X. Horace Willard, b. Oct. 31, 1822; m. Aug. 6, 1849, Harriet
N. Tucker.
26. xi. Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1824; d. Dec, 1824.
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BROWN (Jonathan).
Jonathan' Brown, of Westminster, Mass., is assumed to have been
descended from Nicholas Brown of Westminster and Reading, but no
certain evidence of such descent is known. He m. Mehitable, dau. of
James Hay. Res. Westminster, Mass.
Jonathan- (Jonathan'), b. about 1740; d. Mar. 14, 1820; m. Huldah
Hawkes [b. about 1743; d. Jan. 1, 1818]. Res. Reading and Westminster,
Mass.
Jonathan^ (Jonathan^, Jonathan'), b. Reading, Mass., Aug. 30, 1765;
d. July 24, 1840; m. Beulah, dau. of Elisha and Beulah (Taylor) Jackson
[b. about 1772; d. Nov. 24, 1839]. He was a farmer in Gardner, Mass.
Charles^ (Jonathan^ Jonathan", Jonathan'), b. Mar. 12, 1800; d. Oct.
16, 1863; m. Susan Morehead of Gloucester, Mass. He was a grocer in
Boston.
1. Charles Severance^ (Charles*, Jonathan". •
Jonathan^), b. Boston, Nov. 18, 1844; m. (1) 1867, Frances,
dau. of Adrian and Abbie (Harding) Partridge [d. New Ips-
wich, 1889] ; (2) 1891, Ruth, dau. of Ephraim Miller of Salem,
Mass. He has been engaged in carriage service in Boston
since 1872, but passes his summers in his country home in
New Ipswich, formerly the home of Judge Timothy Farrar,
(VIII: 1, S. R.) Children:
2. i. Albert Edward, b. Feb. 19, 1871; m. Oct. 29, 1894, Grace
Joanna Thayer (20). He is an electrician in Hartford,
Conn.
3. ii. Susan Morehead, b. Jan. 1, 1885.
4. iii. Philip, b. Nov. 18, 1892.
BROWN (Joshua).
Joshua Brown', m. Prudence Welch. They came from England to
America and settled at Coventry, Ct.
Benjamin' (Joshua'), m. Jerusha Edwards of Coventry.
Benjamin' (Benjamin', Joshua'), b. Coventry, Feb. 1, 1787; d. Sept.
23, 1857; m. Azuba, dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Butterfield) Searles
[b. Townsend, Mass., Feb. 19, 1790; d. Nov. 29, 1839]. He came to
Townsend, Mass., in early manhood, and passed his life there as a farmer.
1. Samuel S.* (Benjamin^ Benjamin-, Joshua^), b. Oct. 27,
1814; d. Sept. 7, 1876; m. May 16, 1847, Arabella Augusta Bate-
man (8). He came to New Ipswich while yet a young man and
was actively engaged for many years as a teamster, his home
being one of the houses formerly standing upon the north side
of the turnpike easterly from the High Bridge, which were
afterward destroyed by fire. Children :
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2. i. Arabella A., b. Nov. 9, 1848; m. Nov. 20, 1878, Joseph Allen,
son of Joseph B.' (Stephen", Joseph", John'*, John^ Isaac^
Isaac^), and Mercy L. (Covell) Cummings [b. May 16,
1847], a machinist in Orange, Mass. Two children.
3. ii. Charles S., b. Jan. 17, 1851; d. Apr. 12, 1902; m. Apr. 27,
1872, Clara L., dau. of Daniel W. and Nancy (Parkhurst)
Rugg of Fitchburg, Mass. He was a tinsmith at Taunton,
Mass., for many years. Two children.
4. iii. William H., b. May 19, 1852; m. Oct. 6, 1875, Isabelle McNabb
of Clinton, Mass. He was a tinsmith, but later has been
superintendent of the waterworks at Shirley, Mass. Three
children.
5. iv. James E., b. Apr., 1854; d. June 12, 1854.
6. V. James Frederick, b. May 10, 1855; m. June 13, 1886, Etta E.,
dau. of George V. and Lorena (Warner) Davis [d. Apr.
7, 1909]. He is a marble worker and undertaker at Shirley,
Mass.
BROWN (Thomas).
Thomas^ Brown came from England, and he settled in Concord,
Mass., in 1640. He died Nov. 3, 1688, and his wife, Bridget , Mar. 5,
1681.
BoAz= (Thomas'), b. Feb. 14, 1641/2; d. Apr. 7, 1724; m. (1) Nov.
8, 1664, Mary, dau. of Edward and Jane Winship; (2) Oct. 10, 1716,
Abigail (Ballard) Wheat [d. July 20, 1726].
Thomas' (Boaz', Thomas'), b. May 12, 1716; d. May 13, 1739; m.
Rachel Poulter.
John' (Thomas', Boaz', Thomas'), b. Sept. 18, 1694; d. Mar. 6, 1750;
m. Feb. 23, 1714/5, Elizabeth, dau. of Judah and Grace (Brooks) Potter
[b. July 23, 1699]. Two of his sons were among the early settlers in
New Ipswich.
1. JoHN^ (John*, Thomas^, Boaz-, Thomas^), b. July 1,
1724; d. 1803; m. Elizabeth Bateman. Irle came from Concord
to New Ipswich during the early period of the Revolution,
and settled in an elevated position between Barrett and Kidder
Mountains, only two or three hundred feet below their sum-
mits, very near to the crest of the turnpike which was destined
to cross the range more than a quarter-century later. His
children, of whom only the youngest was born after his arrival
in New Ipswich, were:
3. i. Elizabeth, b. June 30, 1753; d. Feb. 24, 1812; m. Lieut.
Samuel", son of Dea. Ephraim' (Thomas', Thomas",
Thomas'), and Abigail (Wheeler) Brown [b. Feb. 18, 1752;
d. Oct. 29, 1818]. Eleven children.
4. ii. John, b. Dec. 5, 1755.+
5. iii. Thaddeus, b. Mar., 1758.
6. iv. Asa, b. Apr. 10, 1759; d. Feb. 25, 1834.
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7. V. Anna, b. May 8, 1761; d. Apr. 28, 1825; m. Dec. 6, 1785,
Willard Spaulding [b. 1761; d. 1822].
8. vi. Rebecca, b. Mar. 17, 1763; d. Mar. 13, 1813; m. Josiah French
[d. 1840]. Five children.
9. vii. Joseph, b. Feb. 21, 1765.+
10. viii. Hannah, b. Apr. 28, 1767; d. Feb. 15, 1852; m. Apr. 16.
1795, Aaron Brown (19).
11. ix. Reuben, b. Mar. 15, 1769.+
12. X. Hepzibah, b. Aug. 27, 1771; d. 1834; m. Nov. 17, 1796,
Stephen Davis (58).
13. xi. Thomas, b. June 25, 1774.
14. xii. Polly, b. Aug. 24, 1779; d. Feb. 24, 1832; ni. about 1798,
Samuel Wyman.
2. Josiah^ (John^ Thomas^ Boaz^, Thomas^), b. Jan. 30,
1742; d. Mar. 18, 1831 ; m. Oct. 31, 1765, Sarah, dau. of Joseph
and Rebecca (Heywood) Wright [b. Nov. 27, 1744; d. 1821].
He came to New Ipswich immediately after his marriage, and
settled upon Flat Mountain, half a mile eastward from his
brother, (62, N. D.,) and soon became a prominent man in
military and in religiotis matters. His name is borne upon
the Concord roll as that of a sergeant, he was first lieutenant
in Capt. Towne's company at Bunker Hill, and claimed to
have fired the last gun before the retreat ; and he afterward
was captain in command of a company largely composed of
his fellow townsmen which responded with great prompt-
ness to the calls for immediate aid as related in the earlier
part of this volume. He was one of the foremost in the
organization of the Baptist church, in which he was made
the first deacon. Like many men of intense vision and prompt
action, he may have lacked something in breadth of view, but
conscientious and faithful, he was one of those men whose
work in the evolution of a new society can hardly be over-
valued. Children — all born in New Ipswich:
15. i. Josiah, b. Oct. 1, 1766.-|-
16. ii. Joseph, b. Oct. 10, 1767.+
17. iii. Jonas, b. Mar. 4, 1769.+
18. iv. Sarah, b. Nov. 22, 1770; d. Apr. 20, 1822; m. Reuben Brown
(11).
19. V. Aaron, b. Dec. 8, 1772.+
20. vi. Amos, b. Sept. 11, 1774.+
21. vii. Abner, b. July 27, 1776.+
22. viii. Rebecca, b. July 5, 1778; d. June 9, 1853; m. Nathan Perry.
23. ix. Levi, b. Aug. 6, 1780; d. Sept. 10, 1840; m. May 15, 1803,
Betsey Temple.
24. x. Nathan, b. July 25, 1782.-]-
25. xi. Heywood, b. July 2, 1784.+
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26. xii. Betsey, b. Feb. 7, 1787; d. July 11, 1793.
27. xiii. Abigail, b. June 22, 1790; d. Apr. 24, 1864; m. Asa Farnsworth.
4. JoHN^ (John^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b. Dec.
5, 1755; d. Nov. 17, 1830; m. Nov. 9, 1780, Patty Wright. He
came from Concord, probably with his father, in the later
part of his yovith, and remained during the earlier years of
his married life. Later he removed to Sharon, and in 1817 he
sold his farm in that town and removed to Alexander, N. Y,
He had received a good common-school education before leav-
ing Concord, and during his life he often added to his agricul-
tural labors the duties of a Baptist minister. Children :
28. i. Abigail, b. Sept. 1, 1781; d. June 21, 1803; m. Apr. 19, 1801,
David Nay [b. 1781; d. 1803]. One child.
29. ii. Patty, b. 1783; d. about 1803, unm.
30. iii. Cyrus, b. Mar. 20, 1785.+
31. iv. John, b. Mar. 5, 1787.+
32. V. Edward, b. 1789; d. May 2, 1863; m. 1818, Almira Jones [d.
1868].
33. vi. Sally, b. 1791 ; m. 1818, George Adams.
9. Joseph*' (John^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b.
Feb. 21, 1765; d. Dec. 16, 1840; m. (1) Sept., 1795, Rebecca
Walker [b. 1770; d. 1811]; (2) Nov. 5, 1811, Lucy Proctor.
He was a Congregational minister at Shapleigh, Me., 1795, at
Alfred, Me., 1805, at Cavendish, Vt., 1812. Children :
34. i. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1796; d. Mar. 7, 1866; m. Dec. 31, 1819, Israel
Moore. Three children.
35. ii. John, b. July 5, 1801; d. Feb. 22, 1843; m. (1) Nov. 10,
1829. Clarissa B. Whipple [d. 1832] ; (2) Harriet Doolittle.
He was a physician. He had one son, John Henry, b. Aug.
15, 1830.
36. iii. Lucy Amelia, b. Feb. 15, 1813; m. Apr. 11, 1839, Anson
Spaulding. Two children.
37. iv. George Wellington, b. Oct. 4, 1814; m. (1) Dec. 2, 1841,
Sophia Soper [d. 1843] ; (2) Mar. 7, 1849, Irene Woodbury.
Three children.
11. Reuben*' (John^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^ Thomas^), b.
Mar. 15, 1769; d. July 17, 1853; m. July 1, 1793, Sarah Brown
(18). He removed from New Ipswich to Whitingham, Vt.,
about 1800, and thence ten or twelve years later into Canada,
settling in a new town which received the name of Browns-
ville in his honor. He was a prosperous farmer. Children :
38. i. Charles B., b. May 10, 1796; m. Nov. 14, 1816, Sophia Stone.
He was a minister.
39. ii. George, b. Aug. 24, 1797.
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40. iii. Reuben, b. 1798.
41. iv. Olive, b. May 11, 1801 ; d. July 6, 1883; m. Jan. 21, 1819, Zenas
Carey. She lived in Pamelia, N. Y., and Richland, N. Y.
Seven children.
42. v. Jesse, b. Oct. 22, 1802.
43. vi. Betsey, b. Mar. 4, 1804.
44. vii. Abner, b. July 27, 1805 ;,m. Sept. 27, 1829, Lucy French [b.
1805; d. 1882]. Nine children.
45. viii. Hannah, b. July 27, 1805.
46. ix. Sar.\h, b. Mar. 13, 1807.
47. X. John Bateman, b. Mar. 10, 1811; m. Sept. 13, 1837, Mary
Herrick. Three children.
48. xi. Lyman Lockwood, b. Mar. 18, 1815.
15. JosiAH*^ (Tosiah^ John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b.
Oct. 1, 1766; d. Jan. 20, 1858; m.. Apr. 19, 1792, Alilicent, dan.
of Edward and Thankful Wright [b. June 25, 1767; d. 1849].
He removed to Whitingham, Vt., where he passed his Hfe as
a farmer. Children :
49. i. JosiAH, b. Sept. 24, 1793; d. July 19, 1794.
50. ii. Cyrus, b. Apr. 20, 1795 ; d. Sept. 21, 1797.
51. iii. RuFUS, b. Jan. 12, 1797; d. Aug. 9, 1875; m. (1) May 1, 1820,
Polly Smead [b. 1802; d. 1839]; (2) Ruth (Greenwood)
Belknap, 1841 [d. 1847] ; (3) Dec. 13, 1848, Mrs. Eliza M.
Winn, dau. of Abiatha and Betsey Edwards. He lived in
Whitingham. Four children.
52. iv. Peter, b. July 28, 1798 ; d. July 30, 1798.
53. V. Clement, b. May 23, 1800; d. Aug. 7, 1849; m. 1823, Polly
Eames.
54. vi. MiLicENT, b. July 3. 1802; d. Feb. 24, 1803.
55. vii. Abram, b. Dec. 10, 1803; d. Dec. 19, 1803.
56. viii. Edmund, b. July 13, 1805; d. Oct. 11, 1866; m. May 5, 1831,
Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Potter and Elizabeth (Brown)
Prescott. He lived in Whitingham. Six children.
57. ix. George Witherell, b. Mar. 18, 1810; m. Oct. 4, 1832, Frances
E. Bemis.
16. Joseph'' (Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^ Thomas^), b.
Oct. 10, 1767; d. Mar. 2, 1827; m. Sally Preston (10). Like
his brother Josiah he became a farmer in Whitingham, Vt.
Children :
58. i. Joseph Wright, d. July 18, 1855.
59. ii. James Preston.
60. iii. Jemima.
17. Jonas" (Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^, Thomas^), b.
Mar. 4, 1769; d. Feb. 23, 1836; m. Feb. 20, 1796, Lois, dau. of
Samuel and Abigail Russell. He too passed his life as a
farmer in Whitingham, Vt. Children:
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61. i. Jeremiah, b. Nov. 29, 1796; d. Mar. 4, 1849; m. Clarissa
Fowler.
62. ii. Nancy, b. Mar. 16, 1798; m. James Peebles.
63. iii. Gratis, b. Apr. 16, 1800; d. Apr. 22, 1868; m. Joseph Eames.
64. iv. Harvey, b. Dec. 15, 1801; d. Feb. 13, 1874; m. Lucena Fuller.
65. V. Abigail, b. June 25, 1803; d. Mar. 3, 1873; m. 1823, Joseph
Peebles.
66. vi. Leonard, b. Sept. 24, 1806; m. Feb. 9, 1834, Lucinda Martin.
Five children.
67. vii. Lois, b. Aug. 25, 1808; m. Jan. 29, 1829, Daniel Fowler. Five
children.
68. viii. Jonas, b. Apr. 8, 1810; d. Apr. 20, 1856; m. Emeline Aldrich.
69. ix. Russell, b. Feb. 21, 1812; d. May 7, 1835, unm.
70. X. Martin, b. Nov. 7, 1813; d. July 11, 1861; m. Mary A. Stacey.
71. xi. Abel W., b. Nov. 2, 1817; m. Lucy Horsley.
19. Aaron*^ (Josiah^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b.
Dec. 8, 1772; d. Feb. 15, 1828; m. Apr. 16, 1795, Hannah
Brown (10) [b. Apr. 28, 1767; d. Feb. 15, 1852]. He was a
farmer, occupying the farm of his father-in-law, John Brown,
on the crest of the mountain. He also for a few years after
the construction of the turnpike kept a store near his home.
He sturdily maintained the activities of his father, Capt. Jo-
siah Brown, being a lieutenant and also a prominent supporter
of the Baptist church, and like his father, a deacon. Children :
n. i. Betsey, b. Jan. 23, 1796; d. Jan. 26, 1804.
71. ii. Aaron, b. Sept. 28, 1797; d. May 22, 1798.
74. iii. Addison, b. Mar. 11, l799.-f
75. iv. Hermon, b. Dec. 28, 1800.+
76. V. Mary, b. Feb. 14, 1803; d. Dec. 1, 1837; m. 1836, William
Billings.
11. vi. John S., b. Apr. 26, 1806.-f-
20. Amos'' (Josiah^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^), b.
Sept. 11, 1774; d. May 10, 1864; m. Apr. 5, 1803, Sarah Tar-
bell [b. 1782]. He was also a farmer, and the fourth of the
brothers at Whitingham, Vt. Children :
78. i. Elliot, b. Aug. 15, 1804; d. 1902; m. June 7, 1826, Polly Kings-
bury. He was a physician. Seven children.
79. ii. Aldis, b. Dec. 1, 1805; m. (1) Mary Goodenough; (2) Phila
F. Tenney.
80. iii. Amos, b. July 9, 1807 ; d. Apr. 2, 1810.
81. iv. Sally, b. Aug. 13, 1809; d. Dec. 4, 1849; m. T. G. Davis.
82. V. Clarissa, b. Oct. 11, 1811; d. July 24, 1855; m. Dr. Allen
Carkins.
83. vi. Hannah, b. Jan. 5, 1816; d. June 13, 1817.
84. vii. Amos A., b. Oct. 18, 1817; d. Jan. 2, 1869; m. Nov. 28, 1839,
Mary R. Temple.
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21. Abner« (Josiah^ John^ Thomas^ Boaz^, Thomas^) b
July 27, 1776; d. Apr. 4, 1824; m. (1) Dec. 10, 1805, Polly
Jaquith; (2) May 16, 1815, Polly Ayer, dau. of Ebenezer and
(Hevey) Ayer. He succeeded to his father's farm, and
like his father, held the office of captain. Children:
85. i. Mary, b. June 23, 1807; d. Nov. 6, 1835.
86. ii. Almira, b. Apr. 30, 1809; d. Jan. 23, 1857; m. June 9. 1833,
John G. Wilson (26). Two children.
87. iii. Lebanon, b. Jan. 23, 181 1.+
88. iv. LuRENA, b. Dec. 19, 1812 ; d. July 6, 1833.
89. V. Abner Hartwell, b. July 6, 18 16.+
90. vi. Marshall H,, b. Mar. 1, 1817; d. Apr. 16, 1835.
91. vii. Fidelia O., b. Dec. 13, 1820; m. 1840, David M. Dodge. Two
children.
92. viii. SopHRONiA P., b. Nov. 4, 1822 ; d. Oct. 18, 1826.
24. Nathan^ (Jos^ah^ John*, Thomas^ P.oaz-, Thomas^),
b. July 25, 1782; d. Jan. 21, 1862; m. June 3, 1806, Betsey Gold-
smith. He remained in New Ipswich for four or five years
after attaining his majority, and then joined his four brothers
at Whitingham, Vt., where he was a successful farmer. Chil-
dren :
Nathan, b. June 22, 1807.+
Sophia Burnham, b. Oct. 27, 1809; m. May 23, 1833, Jonathan
Ballard [b. 1798; d. 1862]. Five children.
William G., b. Mar. 3, 1812.+
JosiAH W., b. June 15, 1815 ; d. July 5, 1816.
Mary E., b. Sept. 9, 1818; d. Sept. 9, 1872, unm.
25. Heywood*^ (Josiah^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^),
b. July 2, 1784; d. Mar. 2, 1867; m. Feb. 5, 1809, Sally Wolcott
[b. 1788; d. 1876]. His eldest child was born at Lewis, N. J.,
the second at Concord, Mass., but the greater part of his life
was passed at Acton, Mass. Children :
98. i. James Madison, b. Feb. 8, 1810; m. (1) Aug. 17, 1839, Laura
Keyes [b. 1802; d. 1848]; (2) Dec. 26. 1848, Amanda
Pingrey [b. 1826]. He lived at Littleton, Mass. Ten chil-
dren.
99. ii. JosiAH Wolcott, b. May 18, 1812; m. Oct. 23, 1842, Harriet
Newell Parker [b. 1821]. He was a minister, and lived
successively at Concord, Mass., Derry, N. H., and Manches-
ter, Vt. Ten children.
100. iii. Louise Sacharissa, b. Apr. 3, 1815; m. June 1, 1835, John
Wetherbee [b. 1807; d. 1867]. Two children.
101. iv. Jane Ann, b. Apr. 9, 1817; m. June 1, 1835, George Baker
Oxley [b. 1807].
93.
i.
94.
ii.
95.
iii.
96.
iv.
97.
V.
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102. V. Samuel Heywood, b. Aug. 3, 1819; d. Dec. 14, 1880; m. Apr.
30, 1850, Elethina Burnham [b. 1822; d. 1863]. He lived
in Acton and in Littleton, Mass. Three children.
103. vi. Sarah Wright, b. Jan. 8, 1822 ; m. Nov. 29, 1849, S. Augustus
Child [b. 1822]. Four children.
104. vii. Augustus Winslow, b. Aug. 29, 1824; m. Apr. 4, 1848, Lovey
Blodgett [b. 1827]. Ten children.
105. viii. Mary Baker, b. Mar. 4, 1827; m. Nov. 28, 1848, Moses F.
Greenwood [b. 1827]. Six children.
106. ix. Harvey Darkman, b. Aug. 14, 1831 ; m. July 4, 1855, Jerusha
C. Little [b. 1834]. Five children.
30, Cyrus^ (John^ John^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^, Thomas^,
b. May 20, 1785; d. Oct. 30, 1846; m. Dec, 1810, Milla, dau.
of Benjamin and Rebecca Lawrence [d. 1849]. He passed his
early manhood in Sharon, but at about the age of thirty-three
he removed to Pembroke, N. Y. Children :
107. i. Joshua L., b. Aug. 12, 1812; d. June 20, 1860; m. (1) Nov.,
1835, Eliza A. Colby [d. 1836]; (2) Dec. 1, 1842, Diana
Osborne. Three children.
108. ii. Abigail W., b. Dec. 8, 1815; d. Jan. 4, 1836; m. Feb., 1835,
Daniel W. Noble.
109. iii. John W., b. May 7, 1817; m. Jan. 1, 1838, Lorette R. Noble
[b. 1818]. Eleven children.
110. iv. Harriet M., b. Aug. 2, 1819; d. Aug. 4, 1880; m. Dec, 1841,
Joseph M. Gowing.
111. V. Martha W., b. Apr. 3, 1822; m. (1) Oct., 1843, Robert Den-
ham; (2) Jan. 3, 1865, Mark Kidder [d. 1884].
112. vi. Cyrus, b. Dec. 12, 1824; d. Jan. 19, 1849, unm.
113. vii. Sarah Theresa, b. Sept. 23, 1827; d. Jan. 4, 1863; m. Nov.
20, 1850, Nathaniel W. Stowell. Three children.
114. viii. Edward Dana, b. Oct., 1829; d. July 12, 1850, unm.
115. ix. Levant R., b. Mar. 3, 1832; m. (1) Mar. 28, 1854, Laura A.
Warner [d. 1877]; (2) June 2, 1882, Emma L. Sweeney.
Four children.
31. JoHN^ (John*', John^, John*, Thomas^, Boaz^, Thomas^),
b. IMar. 5, 1787; d. Dec. 22, 1852; m. Oct. 12, 1817, Mary Skel-
don [d. 1884]. During most of his life he was in Buffalo,
N. Y., or Darien in the same state. Children :
116. i. John J., b. Toronto, Ont., Jan. 29, 1819; m. (1) Feb. 23, 1845,
Rebecca A. Hadley [b. 1820; d. 1868]; (2) July 12, 1871,
Harriet J. Gallup. He was a doctor, naturalist, and teacher.
Five children of the first marriage.
117. ii. Mary Ann, b. Nov. 10, 1820; m. May, 1856, David Flint
[d. 1872]. One daughter.
118. iii. George, b. Apr. 3, 1822; d. Mar. 22, 1833.
119. iv. Thomas, b. Aug. 11, 1825; d. Aug. 17, 1834.
120. V. Sarah J., b. Mar. 24, 1827; m. Dec, 1854, James Coalsworth.
Three children.
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121. vi. Edv.^ard, b. Aug. 10, 1830; d. June 7, 1864; m. Sept. 5, 1853,
Sarah Winans. Three children.
122. vii. Cyrus, b. July 8, 1832; d. Aug. 13, 1863; m. July 7, 1855,
Sabrina Hutchinson. He was a civil engineer. He served
in the Civil War as a lieutenant in the 100th New York
Regiment, and was fatally wounded at the storming of
Fort Wagner.
123. viii. George, b. Apr. 10, 1834; m. Apr. 5, 1860, Carrie Garlock.
Two children.
124. ix. Abigail, b. Feb. 8, 1836; m. Apr. 5, 1860, Charles Davis. Two
children.
125. X. Millie, b. May 24, 1839; m. Apr. 3, 1861, Hon. Henry M.
Rich. Two children.
126. xi. Daniel C, b. Apr. IS, 1841; m. Sept. 18, 1876, Louisa Brown.
Three children.
74. Addison^ (Aaron^ Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^.
Thomas^), b. Mar. 11, 1799; d. May 11, 1872; m. Dec. 13, 1832,
Ann Elizabeth, daii. of Abijah and Elizabeth Wetherbee. He
graduated from Harvard College in 1826. studied at the Har-
vard Theological School, and was pastor of the Unitarian
church in Brattleboro, Vt., for many years. He was after-
ward a teacher in Brattleboro and editor of the Vermont
Phoenix. Children :
127. i. Frances Allen, b. June 15, 1834; d. Aug. 27, 1870, unm.
128. ii. Ann Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1836; d. Feb. 9, 1862; m. May 3,
1853, Christian Schuster. Two children.
129. iii. Addison, b. June 6, 1838; d. Mar. 3, 1865; m. Feb. 7, 1863,
Florida S. Starr.
130. iv. Charles Wetherbee, b. Nov. 7, 1840; m. Aug. 20, 1867, Eliza-
beth, dau. of Nehemiah and Lucretia Starr [b. 1846].
131. V. Mary Hannah, b. July 5, 1842; m. (1) July 31, 1863, Capt.
Dennis W. Farr [d. 1864] ; (2) Feb. 7, 1867, Col. Augustus
T. Dunton.
75. Hermon^ (Aaron*', Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^,
Thomas^), b. Dec. 28, 1800; d. Aug." 23, 1876; m. Sophronia,
dau. of Samuel Potter and Elizabeth (Brown) Prescott. He
occupied the family farm upon the mountain, and succeeded
his father and grandfather as deacon in the Baptist church.
Children :
132. i. Addison Prescott, b. Aug. 2, 1827; m. Dec. 26, 1850, Frances
Louisa Chase [b. 1829]. He lived in Bellows Falls and
Brattleboro, Vt., and in Worcester, Mass. Three children.
133. ii. Hannah Elizabeth, b. May 21, 1829; d. Sept. 14, 1831.
134. iii. Joseph Aaron, b. May 8, 1831 ; m. Feb. 8, 1854, Lucy A., dau.
of Benjamin F. and Mary E. Davis.
135. iv. John Humphrey, b. Mar. 22, 1834; d. Feb. 23, 1845.
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136. V. Mary Elizabeth, b. Mar. 16, 1836; m. May 21, 1857, Charles
H. Burrough [b. 1832]. She lived in Boxboro, Mass. Six
children.
137. vi. Alfred Hermon, b. July 14, 1838; m. Jan. 20, 1872, Margaret
E. Gale [b. 1851]. Three children. Res. Canterbury.
138. vii. George Stillman, b. Nov. 12, 1840; d. Dec. 11, 1840.
139. viii. SoPHRONiA Eliza, b. Aug. 20, 1842; d. Sept. 16, 1842.
140. ix. Hannah Eliza, b. Nov. 19, 1843; d. Sept. 13, 1845.
77. John S.^ (Aaron^, Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^,
Thomas^), b. Apr. 26, 1806; d. 1902; m. Aug. 16, 1836, Mary,
dau. of David and Orra (Bliss) Ripley of Greenfield, Mass.
He graduated from Union College in 1834, taught eight years,
and then after a couple of years with the Brook Farm com-
munity he became a Unitarian minister, first at Fitzwilliam,
N. H., whence he removed to Ashby, Mass., and then in 1857
to Lawrence, Kan., where his ministerial duties were supple-
mented by various editorial, official, and agricultural occu-
pations. Children :
141. i. Sarah Alvord, b. Jan. 23, 1838. She was an Indian teacher
at Lawrence.
142. ii. William Ripley, b. July 16, 1840; m. Oct. 28, 1868, Lizzie E.
Balcom [b. 1845; d. 1884]. He graduated from Union
College in 1862. Res. in Earned, Kan. He has held the
offices of district judge, representative in Congress, and
register of the U. S. Land Office at Leavenworth, Kan.
Three children.
143. iii. Charles Edward, b. Sept. 15, 1842; d. June 15, 1880; m. Aug.
16, 1871, Harriet, dau. of William and Sarah Bell. He was
a farmer at Lawrence, Kan. Three children.
144. iv. Mary Whiton, b. Jan. 15, 1845; m. Apr. 4, 1867, Alfred, son
of Edward B. and Nancy Whitman [b. 1842]. Seven chil-
dren.
87. Lebanon^ (Abner*', Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^,
Thomas^), b. Jan. 23, 1811 ; d. July 21, 1846; m. Dec. 24, 1835,
Marinda Blanchard (19) [b. Mar. 8, 1812]. He removed to
Keene about 1838, and there remained until his death.
Children :
145. i. Marshall Lebanon, b. Apr. 18, 1837; m. Nov. 10, 1869, Mrs.
Helen (Adams) Child. He was a physician at Winchendon,
Mass. One daughter.
146. ii. Milan Howard, b. Nov. 11, 1839; d. July 16, 1840.
147. iii. Mary Miranda, b. Keene, N. H., May 21, 1841; m. Feb. 9,
1865, William D. Parlin.
148. iv. George Abner, b. Keene, N. H., June 8, 1845; m. June 22,
1867, Ida Lavine, dau. of Reuben and Mrs. Caroline E.
(Cowles) Steward. Six children.
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89. Abner Hartwell^ (Abner«, Jos^ah^ John^ Thomas^,
Boaz^^ Thomas^), b. July 6, 1816; d. Apr. 21, 1851 ; m. Apr. 13,'
1847, Susan Augusta Shurtleff. He was a doctor. Children-
born at Hanover, N. H.:
149. i. Abner Hartwell, b. Dec, 1848; d. Sept. 20, 1849.
150. ii. Susan Anna, b. Aug. 19, 1850; d. May 16, 1885.
93. Nathan' (Nathan«, Jos^ah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^,
Thomas^), b. June 22, 1807; d. Jan. 1, 1886; m. (1) May 6,
1830, Eliza Whitney Ballard [d. 1871]; (2) July 24, 1872,
Charlotte A. (Worth), widow of William Marlett. His pa-
rents removed from New Ipswich to Whitingham, Vt., in his
early infancy, and his boyhood was passed in that town. He
entered Williams College at the age of sixteen, and graduated
as valedictorian in 1827. The following five years were passed
in teaching, editorial work, and preparation for the Baptist
ministry, to which he was ordained in 1832; he sailed as a
missionary to Burmah in the same year. In 1835 he was ap-
pointed to a new mission in Assam, where he gave twenty
years of eminently successful and honored labor. He re-
turned to America in 1855, and for fifteen years was editor of
the American Baptist, but in 1872 he responded to the call
of Japan and gave the last thirteen years of his life to mis-
sionary service there, bearing the same stamp of earnest ac-
tivity and consecrated scholarship. Children :
151. i. Dorothy Sophia, b. Charlemont, Mass., May 6, 1832; d. Sept.
29, 1838.
152. ii. William Ballard, b. Maulmain, Burmah, June 7, 1835; d.
Aug. 10, 1835.
153. iii. Nathan Ballard, b. Sadiya, Assam, Sept. 8, 1836; d. Feb.
11, 1841.
154. iv. Eliza Whitney, b. Sadiya, Assam, Sept. 30, 1838.
155. V. William Pearce, b. Sibsagor, Assam, Dec. 12, 1842.
156. vi. Nathan Worth, b. Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 22, 1877.
95. William C.^ (Nathan^, Josiah^ John*, Thomas^ Boaz^,
Thomas^), b. Mar. 3, 1812; m. Oct. 10, 1839, Eunice Fisher.
He entered Williams College in 1833, but his health did not
permit him to complete his course. He was a teacher for
several years, and then was engaged in editorial work for
about twenty years, having charge successively of the Ver-
mont Telegraph and the Voice of Freedom, both being anti-
slavery papers published at Brandon, Vt., and later he had
charge of the Chicopee (Mass.) Journal. Children :
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157. i. Ann Judson, b. Aug. 8, 1840; m. (1) Dec. 11, 1869, Capt.
Frank Preston [d. 1880] ; (2) Oct., 1881, James A. Durfee.
Two children of first marriage.
158. ii. Addison W., b. Nov. 25, 1841; m. Nov., 1864, Jula M. Barr.
One daughter.
159. iii. Francis Fisher, b. Dec. 1, 1843; m. June 26, 1867, Susie Sea-
man Brooks. Ten children.
160. iv. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1849; m. Oct. 9, 1875, Moses W.
Lyman.
161. v. Frederick C, b. Sept. 21, 1854; m. Mar., 1878, Ada L. Slyter.
BUCKNAM.
William^ Bucknam, b. Ipswich, County Suffolk, England, 1602; d.
Maiden, Mass., 1679; m. (1) Prudence, dau. of John and Prudence Wil-
kinson; (2) Sarah, dau. of Thomas and Mary Knower. He came to
America in the Abigail, one of the Winthrop fleet, both of the women
whom he afterward married coming in the same fleet with their parents,
although John Wilkinson is believed to have died during the voyage.
William Bucknam settled in that part of Charlestown called "Mystic Side,"
which is now Everett, where he was a carpenter, but later he became
a farmer with a goodly farm in the region now constituting Maiden. The
only child of his first marriage died unmarried, but through ten children
of his second marriage he founded the American family of his name.
JosEs' (William'), b. July 3, 1641; d. Aug. 24, 1694; m. (1) 1664, his
cousin, Hannah, dau. of George and Elizabeth Knower [d. 1673] ; (2)
Judith, dau. of Lionel and Susanna (Whipple) North of Salisbury, Mass.
[b. 1647], who survived her husband, and m. Capt. John Lynde of Maiden.
Joses Bucknam was prominent in town affairs, was a lieutenant in the
militia, and served in King Philip's war.
JosES^ (Joses', William'), b. July 1, 1666; d. Apr. 5, 1741; m. Feb.
24, 1691/2, Hannah, dau. of Capt. John and Hannah (Andrews) Peabody
of Boxford, Mass. [b. May 6, 1668]. He lived in the part of Maiden
which is now Everett, where he was a farmer and also a weaver, having
erected a mill for making cloth, the first manufacturing enterprise under-
taken in Maiden, and which was continued on the same spot by three
generations of the family.
Edward^ (Joses^ William'), b. of second marriage; d. 1773; m. 1716,
Rebecca, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Green) Sprague. Res. in that part
of Charlestown which is now Stoneham, and was one of the original
members of the First Church of Stoneham, formed in 1729.
JosEs' (Joses°, Joses-; William'), b. Apr. 17, 1692; d. Aug. 25, 1757;
m. Aug. 27, 1713, Phebe, dau. of Edward and Abigail Tuttle [b. Boston,
Aug. 12, 1690; d. May 6, 1767]. He lived upon an estate descended from
his great-grandfather Knower. He was a respected and influential citizen,
especially in the church, of which he was a deacon. Like his father, he
was both "yeoman" and "weaver."
Edward' (Edward', Joses=, William'), d. 1801; m. Jan. 5, 1742/3,
Sarah, dau. of Dr. Isaac and Sarah (Wright) Hill. Res. in Stoneham,
Mass., and was a deacon in the First church for 35 years.
JosES" (Joses^ Joses', Joses; William'), b. 1714; d. soon after his
father, not having completed the administration of the estate; m. Mary,
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dau. of Bunker and Martha Sprague of Maiden [b. Jan. 12, 1725/6].
He lived in Maiden.
James' (Joses', Joses', Joses', William'), b. Jan. 23, 1724/5; d. 1799;
rn. Sept. 17, 1747, Mary, dau. of John Goddard of Roxbury [d. 1790J. He
lived in Maiden and in Medford.
Aaron' (Joses', Joses', Joses=, William'), b. Feb. 23, 1728/9; d. 1778;
m. (1) Nov. 5, 1760, Alice, dau. of Richard and Martha (Barrett) Skinner
of Lynn and Marblehead [b. 1730; d. Aug. 24, 1767]; (2) May 1, 1768,
Joanna Floyd of Chelsea. With the exception of a few years at Chelsea,
his life was passed in his native town, where like his father and grand-
father he was both a "yeoman" and a "weaver," but he sold the shop
and waterpower, thus ending a family industry. He served in the Revo-
lution in 1776 and 1777.
Ebenezer' (Edward', Edward', Joses', William'), m. Rachel, dau. of
Dr. Thomas and Miriam (Gray) Hartshorn (Rachel Hartshorn by adop-
tion) [b. 1762]. Res. in Stoneham, Mass.
Joses' (Joses', Joses', Joses', Joses', William'), was the oldest son of
Joses' but the date of his birth is not known; m. Stoneham, Mass., Sept.
19, 1786, Nabby, dau. of William and Phebe (Brown) Hay. He hved at
Medford at the time of his marriage, but removed to Mason, N. H.,
where he died. He was a selectman for thirteen years, and twice repre-
sented the town in the Legislature. He had served in the Revolution,
and received a grant of land at Glenburne, Me., to which his widow
and a part of his large family removed.
Joanna' (Aaron', Joses', Joses', Joses', William'), b. Sept. 11, 1769;
d. July 26, 1843; m. Feb. 6, 1788, Phineas Pratt (1).
1. Ebenezer^ (James^ Joses*, Joses^, Joses^, William^^), b.
Nov. 9, 1762; m. May 29, 1785, Hannah Varder of Medford.
He lived successively at Maiden, Medford, and Charlestown,
and for a few years, beginning in 1821, he was a resident in
New Ipswich, living on or near the road from the turnpike
across Sawmill Brook. He was a Revolutionary soldier,
and was known as Lieut. Bucknam.
2. Benoni^ (Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^, Joses^ William^), b.
Aug. 24, 1767; d. Sept. 8, 1833; m. Jan., 1793, Elizabeth, dau.
of Richard and Mary Floyd [b. 1773; d. Apr. 19, 1855]. He
came to New Ipswich at about the time of his marriage, and
settled exactly at the geographical centre of the town, (XII :
2, S. R.,) where he passed his life as a farmer. Children :
5. i. Benoni, b. Sept. IS, 1793.-}-
6. ii. Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1795; d. Nov. 8, 1828; m. Jan. 16, 1814,
John Russell.
7. iii. John, b. May 30, 1797; d. Aug. 25, 1798.
8. iv. John, b. Oct. 2, 1799.-+-
9. V. Sally, b. Nov. 14, 1801 ; d. July 8, 1863 ; m. Joseph Knowlton
(25).
10. vi. Susan, b. Feb. 7, 1804; d. Feb. 24, 1883, unm.
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11. vii. William, b. Nov. 8, 1806.+
12. viii. Aaron Skinner, b. Aug. 30, 1809.+
13. ix. James, b. Oct. 12, 181 1.+
14. X. Alice Marinda, b. Mar. 9, 1813; d. Apr. 21, 1856, unm.
3. Edward^ (Ebenezer^, Edward*, Edward^ Joses-, Wil-
liam^), b. Stoneham, Mass., Aug. 4, 1789; d. New Ipswich,
Nov. 25, 1880; m. 1814, Sarah, dau. of Nathan and Priscilla
(Hadley) Willey [b. Medford, Mass., Nov. 3, 1789; d. Sept.,
1881]. He lived in his native town nearly ninety years, at-
tending to his professional duties as a civil engineer until the
last two years. The closing years of himself and his wife
were passed in New Ipswich, at the home of Daniel B. Gil-
son, (58, N. D.,) Mrs. Gilson being a daughter of his son
Dexter Bucknam.
4. Caleb^ (Joses*', Joses^ Joses*, Joses^, Joses^, William^),
b. Nov. 16, 1795; d. Aug. 3, 1874; m.. (1) Dec. 12, 1818, Debo-
rah Barrett [b. 1800; d. Jan. 5, 1820] ; (2) Dec. 26, 1820, Louisa
Brooks Snow of Mason [b. Nov. 30, 1801; d. July 29, 1878].
The home of his youth was in Mason, although he is said
to have been born on board a ship on a voyage from Ports-
mouth, N. H., to Norfolk, Va. Until he was thirty-three
years of age he lived in or near Mason, but was for a little
time at West Townsend, and is recorded in New Ipswich
for a few years following his second marriage, apparently liv-
ing near the intersection of the old "country road" and the
Turnpike. In 1828 he removed to "the West," stopping for
ten years at Pontiac, Mich., and being county sheriff during
most of the time ; thence he removed to Dubuque county,
Iowa, where he purchased land and founded upon it the town
of Cascade, which he saw increase from a mere Indian trading-
post to a thriving town, near which in an honorable position
stands his monument. Children :
15. i. Deborah, b. Dec. 31, 1819; d. about 1870; m. Sept. 27, 1836,
Artemas Russell. Six children.
16. ii. Eliza A., b. Oct. 18, 1821; m. Mar. 14, 1838, George Grimes
Baughart, a successful business man in Pontiac and Cas-
cade. Six children.
17. iii. Magnus Johnson, b. Aug. 10, 1822; d. 1894; m. Harriet
Winchell. He lived in Cascade, and removed thence to
California. Three children.
18. iv. Mary Snow^, m. W. S. Hall. Four children.
19. V. William D., b. Oct. 16, 1825; d. 1879; m. (1) Chadwell;
(2) Mary Tolman. He lived in Cascade. Eight children.
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20. vi. Elvira G., b. Jan. 8, 1833; m. Sept. 6, 1848, James Cooley.
Twelve children.
21. vii. Harriet Augusta, b. Mar. 3, 1835; m. Charles Winchell.
Lived at Exira, Iowa. Two children.
22. viii. CoNELiA Maria, b. Mar. 3, 1837; d. June, 1838.
23. ix. Charles Eliott, b. June 6, 1838; d. 1840.
5. Benoni^ (Benoni*^, Aaron'\ Joses*, Joses^, Joses", Wil-
liam^), b. Sept. 15, 1793; d. Feb. 10, 1889; m. Anne Coy.
Soon after marriage he removed to Butternuts, Chenango
county, N. Y., where he was a farmer, as he was later at
Gilbertsville, Otsego county, in the same state ; increasing
years caused him to follow his son James Orren to Tripoli,
Bremer county, Iowa, where his wife died within a year, while
he survived his son, but remained in his former home with a
granddaughter till he attained the age of ninety-six years.
Children :
24. i. Horatio, b. probably at Butternuts, where he married and
passed his life, dying of consumption and leaving one son,
Charles, who died from the same disease.
25. ii. James Orren, b. Gilbertsville; d. from accidental discharge of
a gun two days before completing his fifty-sixth year. At
the age of thirty-four he removed with a colony of settlers
from New York to Iowa, and passed his remaining years
at Tripoli. He was an earnest Baptist worker and temper-
ance advocate. He married and had at least one daughter,
who married Nape, and succeeded to her father's home.
26. iii. William Otis, b. July 28, 1818; m. May 4, 1841, Persis Ann
Clark. Children : i. Ellen Maria, ii. IVilliam. iii. Thomas.
iv. Fanny H.
27. iv. MiRANDAE, d. young.
28. v. Sarah, b. Unadilla, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1824; d. Feb. 1, 1890; m.
(1) Rev. Russel; (2) July 8, 1882, Rev. Samuel Poin-
dexter, with whom she lived at Shapleigh, Me. She was
a successful music teacher.
29. vi. Harriet Newell, b. June 16, 1828; m. June 16, 1858, Lewis
P. Norton. She lived in Westfield, Mass. Child : i. Lewis
F. Norton; he graduated from Harvard College in 1886,
and is a lawyer in Boston.
30. vii. DwiGHT Livingston, b. Nov. 11, 1833; d. Sept. 1, 1843.
8. JoHN^ (Benoni«, Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^ Joses^ Wil-
liam^), b. Oct. 2, 1799; d. Apr. 28, 1877; m. Dunbarton, N. H.,
Apr. 13, 1826, Sarah, dau. of John and Mary (Robertson)
Washer of Amherst, N. H. [b. Feb. 4, 1804; d. June 22, 1889].
He learned the business of butcher of Jeremiah Prichard at
Concord, N. H., and followed it at New Ipswich for many
years, living opposite the southeast corner of the old burymg-
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ground upon the hill, where, after age made him less vigorous,
he worked diligently repairing shoes. Children :
31. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Mar. 25, 1827; d. Sherbrooke, Quebec,
Dec. 11, 1896; m. Hiram C. Wilson [b. Bradford, Vt., Jan.
10, 1827; d. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Nov., 1900]. He had a
large music store at Sherbrooke. Four children.
32. ii. Helen Miranda, b. May 27, 1833; m. Sept. 1, 1853, Charles,
son of Samuel and Harriet (Conant) Jenkins of Townsend.
She lived in Mason and Greenville many years, her church
membership in the Greenville Congregational church ex-
tending through more than half a century. Four children.
33. iii. Martha Jane, b. Apr. 6, 1836; m. July 31, 1862, Braman I.
Wilson of Alstead, N. H. [b. Oct. 29, 1836]. He enlisted
in the 9th N. H. Regt. eight days after his marriage and
was appointed sergeant; but he served only a few weeks,
as he died at Pleasant Valley, Md., Oct. 23, 1862. One
child, Carrie B. Wilson, b. May 1, 1863; lives with her
mother at Leominster, Mass.
34. iv. John Benoni, b. June 20, 1842.+
35. V. Harriet Louise, b. June 20, 1842 ; m. Aug. 19, 1862, Harrison
D. Evans, son of Horace and Lavina (Washburn) Evans
of Peterboro [b. May 2, 1836]. He had entered Dartmouth
College, but in his sophomore year he left his studies and
on the day before his marriage enlisted in the 11th N. H.
Regt., in which he served almost three years, his wife at
the same time being a teacher in the South. After the
war they lived in New Ipswich, Sharon, and Milford, but
since 1880 their home has been at Ayer, Mass. He was at
first a farmer, but later became engaged in the nursery
business. Children: i. Minnie H. Evans, b. Dec. 11, 1866;
she is a milliner, ii. Jennie May Evans, b. Sept. 9, 1869; m.
William McLean, who has since died. iii. Harrison E.
Evans, b. Aug. 8, 1881.
11. William'^ (Benoni®, Aaron^ Joses^ Joses^ Joses^ Wil-
liam^), b. Nov. 8, 1806; d. Aug. 11, 1871; m. Sept. 15, 1841,
Ruth Taylor (39). He was a farmer living a quarter-mile
south from the Congregational church. Children — born in
New Ipswich :
36. i. William Taylor, b. Dec. 12, 1842. -|-
37. ii. Harriet Asenath, b. Dec. 12, 1843; d. Mar. IS, 1856.
38. iii. Samuel Lee, b. July 7, 1844.-f-
12. Aaron Skinner^ (Benoni^ Aaron^ Joses*, Joses^
Joses^ William^, b. Aug. 30, 1809; d. Mar. 13, 1889; m. (1)
Jan. 23, 1839, IVIary Ann Pierce (13) ; (2) June 27, 1866, Mrs.
Rebecca (Wheeler) (115) Weston. He was a farmer on the
paternal farm. Children :
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39. i. Harrison Aaron, b. July 14, 1841 ; d. Sept. 24, 1894 ; m. Ellen
M. Walton of Boylston, Mass. He lived in Leominster,
and afterward in Fitchburg, where he died.
40. ii. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 19, 1844 ; d. Apr. 9, 1898, unm.
41. iii. James Pierce, b. May 16, 1849; d. Jan. 19, 1859.
42. iv. Eleanor Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1854; m. Frank O., son of
Quincy and Amanda Kendall of Ashby. They live in
Ashby.
13. James^ (Benoni'', Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^, Joses^, Wil-
liam^), b. Oct. 12, 1811 ; d. Jan. 10, 1890; m. (1) July 17, 1838,
Mehitable, dau. of Phineas and Joanna (Waite) Pratt (11);
(2) Nov. 28, 1844, Almira Dunklee [b. Apr. 8, 1818J. He
was a tanner and currier in Rutland, Vt., for ten years, but
in 1849 he removed to Pittsford, Vt., where he remained until
his death. Children :
43. i. Annette F., b. Dec. 22, 1839.
44. ii. Alice Miranda, b. June 23, 1844; m. Nov. 25, 1874, Frank A.
Newton [b. July 8, 1850; d. Mar. 14, 1896]. She lived in
Northfield, Mass. One child, Carrie D. Newton, b. Feb. 3,
1876; d. Feb. 25, 1876.
45. iii. James.
46. iv. Marion A., b. Apr. 15, 1852.
34. John Benoni^ (John^ Benoni^ Aaron^ Joses*, Joses^
Joses^ William^), b. June 20, 1842; m. Jan. 1, 1866, Mary E.,
dau. of Horace and Lavinia (Washburn) Evans of Peterboro
[b. Nov. 23, 1845]. He was for several years a travelling
salesman, and afterward a painter. They have lived in Mel-
rose, Lynn, and Swampscott. Children:
51. i. Frank A., b. Nov. 9, 1866; m. Elizabeth French. He has
lived in Melrose and in Swampscott. Three children : i.
Frank W., b. Dec. 21, 1893. ii. Mary C, b. Apr. 27, 1895. iii.
Sarah, b. July 16, 1896.
52. ii. Arthur B., b. Sept. 5, 1868. Lives in Chicago.
53. iii. Carrie, b. Nov. 28, 1870; d. Oct. 24, 1876.
54. iv. John F., b. Sept. 22, 1872 ; d. Oct. 19, 1872.
36. William Taylor^ (William^ Benoni«, Aaron^ Joses^
Joses^ Joses^, William^), b. Dec. 12, 1842; m. Dec. 30, 1867,
Josephine Maria, dau. of James and Hannah (Wood) Simonds
(5). He succeeded to his father's farm. He was a selectman
several years. Children :
55. i. Katherine Maria, b. Jan. 27, 1871; m. Aug. 16, 1905, Rev.
Henry A. Barber. She lives in Rye. Children: i. Alfred
William Barber, b. July 24, 1906. ii. Katherine Louise
Barber, b. Sept. 27, 1907.
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56. ii. Mary Abbie, b. Oct. 19, 1876; d. Feb. 18, 1911; m. Mar. 29,
1899, George W. Sargent [m. (2) Jan. 1, 1912, Helen
Churchill]. Res. in New Ipswich. Children: i. Eleanor
Maria Sargent, b. July 23, 1903. ii. Marjorie Josephine
Sargent, b. July 20, 1908; d. Oct. 6, 1909. iii. Robert Wil-
liam Sargent, b. Feb. 10, 1911.
Z^. Samuel Lee** (William^, Benoni^, Aaron^, Joses*, Joses^
Joses^ William^), b. July 7, 1844; m. July 26, 1881, Mary J.
Wilcox. He lives in Leominster. Children :
57. i. Glen Taylor, b. May 14, 1882.
BULLARD.
No less than seven of the early settlers at Watertown, Mass., some
of whom certainly were brothers, bore this family name, but the tradi-
tions concerning their relationship are not reliable. Descendants from
two of these pioneers settled in New Ipswich, as shown below under their
ancestral names.
BULLARD (George).
George' Bullard of Watertown took the freeman's oath in 1641 ; d.
Jan. 14, 1688/9; m. Beatrice . He lived in the western part of the
town, which is now Weston.
Jonathan' (George'), b. July 12, 1647; m. (1) Dec. 22, 1669, Dester,
dau. of Joseph Morse of Watertown; (2) Mar. 23, 1721/2, widow Eliza-
beth Barns of Marlborough.
Jonathan' (Jonathan^, George'), b. Dec. 25, 1672; d. Sept. 14, 1719;
m. Anna [m. (2) Edward Harrington]. He lived in Weston.
1. Ebenezer* (Jonathan^, Jonathan-, George^), b. Weston,
Oct. 14, 1719, d. New Ipswich, May 11, 1768; m. Mary .
He was one of the earliest settlers in New Ipswich, probably
preceded by only three or four. He settled in the extreme
eastern part of the town, (I: 2, S. R.) Children:
2. i. Asa, b. Dec. 7, 1743 ; d. Sept. 12, 1765.
3. ii. Simeon, b. Aug. 19, 1745.+
4. iii. Keziah, b. Apr. 22, 1747; d. June, 1843; m. (1) William Start
(3) ; (2) Mar. 20, 1788, Ezra Towne (1) ; (3) Feb. 13, 1800,
Jonathan Hartshorn [d. 1812]. She then removed to Cam-
den, Me., where she lived for more than thirty years.
5. iv. John, b. June 10, 1749.
6. v. Ephraim, b. Apr. 13, 1751; d. Dec. 1, 1752.
7. vi. Mary, b. Sept. 12, 1753.
8. vii. Ebenezer, b. Apr. 1, 1756.
9. viii. Sarah, b. May 28, 1758.
10. ix. Susannah, b. Feb. 13, 1761 ; d. Mar. 18, 1765.
11. X. Asa, b. Apr. 18, 1765. It is stated in the former history that
he graduated at Dartmouth College, was principal of the
Franklin school in Boston, afterward studied medicine and
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was a successful practitioner, and that he died at Mt.
Vernon about 1826. But the Dartmouth General Catalogue
gives the name as that of a graduate of 1793, who received
a medical degree at Harvard, and died in 1836, aged 61,
which makes it doubtful whether he was Asa, the son of
Ebenezer.
3. Simeon^ (Ebenezer*, Jonathan^ Jonathan^, George^), b.
Aug. 19, 1745; m. about 1771, Ruth Adams (H. 16). Children:
12. i. Ruth, b. Aug. 7, 1772.
13. ii. AzuBAH, b. July 20, 1774.
14 iii. Caleb, b. Sept. 7, 1776; d. Jan. 1, 1777.
15. iv. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 7, 1780; d. Jan. 15, 1811.
16. v. Mary, b. May 20, 1782.
17. vi. Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1784; m. Luther Bowers.
18. vii. Asahel, b. Mar. 15, 1786.
BULLARD (John).
JoHN^ Bullard, of Watertown, was one of the first settlers at Ded-
ham, signing the "Dedham Covenant" in 1636. He was also one of the
original proprietors of Medfield, to which he removed about 1650, and
where he died July 4, 1668. He m. (1) Magdalen [d. Mar. 20, 1661] ;
(2) Ellen, widow of Thomas Dickerman of Dorchester.
Joseph' (John'), b. Apr. 26, 1643; m. Sarah . He succeeded to
his father's farm at Medfield.
Ebenezer^ (Joseph", John'), of Medfield, d. 1765; m. Susanna [d.
1763].
1. Joseph* (Ebenezer^ Joseph-, John^), b. Medfield, Jan.
16, 1719; d. Mason, N. H., Mar. 3, 1792; m. Mar. 22, 1754,
Sarah Proctor of Westford, Mass. [b. Feb. 25, 1729; d. Nov.
5, 1820]. He settled in New Ipswich at about the same time
as Ebenezer of the preceding family, who was probably his
kinsman, although, as is shown above, their connection
through the family name must have been very distant. The
two lived together, however, for ten or twelve years, but
upon his marriage Joseph settled on the next lot to the west,
(II : 2, S. R.,) and soon after he removed to Mason, where
he passed his life upon a farm which has been occupied by
successive generations of his descendants. Children :
2. i. Silas, b. Apr. 2, 1755.+
3. ii. Isaac, b. June 29, 1757; d. 1760.
4. iii. Peter, b. Apr. 23, 1760. He lived successively at Wyoming,
Pa., and Marietta, O.
5. iv. Eleazer, lived at Cincinnati, O.
2. SiLAS^ (Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph^, John^), b. Apr. 2,
1755 ; d. May 15, 1835 ; m. July 1, 1782, Avis Keyes of Ashford,
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Ct. [b. Dec. 30, 1763; d. Mar. 23, 1836]. He lived at Mason,
where were born fifteen children :
6. i. Joseph, b. Apr. 2, 1783.+
Sampson, b. Oct. 24, 1784.+
SiLAs, b. Sept. 5, l786.-\-
Amasa, b. July 22, 1788; d. Aug. 25, 1808, at Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Isaac, b. Nov. 1, 1790.+
Sally, b. Feb. 21, 1793; m. Feb. 27, 1812, John Felt of Tem-
ple [b. Apr. 20, 1789]. She lived at Wilton, N. H., and had
seven children.
12. vii. Eleazer, b. Nov. 9, 1794; d. July, 1825.
13. viii. Jesse, b. Nov. 3, 1796; d. July 21, 1797.
14. ix. John, b. May 20, 1798; d. May 20, 1798.
15. X. Caleb Emerson, b. Aug. 29, 1799.+
16. xi. Charles Keyes, b. Feb. 22, 1801 ; d. May 7, 1860, unm. After
a successful business life he came to New Ipsw^ich and
bought for his residence the house built by Charles Shedd
just north from the town hall, and here passed his later
years with his sister Clarissa and her husband.
17. xii. Clarissa Page, b. May 26, 1802.-|-
18. xiii. Abigail Brooks, b. Dec. 20, 1804; m. Elias Taylor of Jafifrey
[b. Dec. 7, 1797]. She lived at Jaffrey, and had seven
children.
19. xiv. George, b. Oct. 26, 1806; d. May 5, 1807.
20. XV. Harriet Keyes, b. Dec. 22, 1808; m. Nov. 2, 1828, John M.
Maynard [b. Jafifrey, May 12, 1801]. She had five children.
6. Joseph*^ (Silas^ Joseph*, Ebenezer^ Joseph^ John^), b.
Apr. 2, 1783; d. June 9, 1843; m. Oct. 23, 1809, Lucy (Felt)
Cragin of Temple [b. Nov. 26, 1780]. He lived in Rindge.
Children :
21. i. Lucy, b. July 20, 1810.
22. ii. Amasa, b. May 2, 1812.
23. iii. Elvira, b. Sept. 19, 1815.
24. iv. Silas, b. Aug. 29, 1817.
25. V. Stephen Felt, b. June 8, 1823.
7. Sampson** (Silas^ Joseph*, Ebenezer^ Joseph^ John^),
b. Oct. 24, 1784; m. Nov. 8, 1818, Ivah Patterson [b. June 5,
1798; d. July 16, 1854]. He lived successively at Boston, Con-
cord, N. H., and Littleton, N. H. Children:
26. i. Enoch P., b. Sept. 16, 1819.
27. ii. Caroline I., b. Apr. 9, 1821.
28. iii. George H., b. Sept. 6, 1823; d. May 17, 1840.
8. Silas** (Silas^ Joseph*, Ebenezer^ Joseph^ John^), b.
at Mason, N. H., Sept. 5, 1786; d. Feb. 5, 1835; m. May 2,
1820, Mary Ann Barrett (14). He lived in Boston.
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29. i. Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1821; m. John S. Dwight of Boston, a
musical critic and publisher. They were at Brook Farm
before their marriage.
30. ii. Charles Barrett, b. Nov. 22, 1823; m. Isabel Gould. Two
sons. He went to California in 1849. He had a farm at
Shirley, Mass., and passed his last years in New Ipswich.
31. iii. Martha Ann, b. Dec. 26, 1825; m. Charles Reed. Res. at
Boston.
32. iv. Sar.\h Jane Wollstonecraft, b. Sept. 11, 1828; d. Oct. 13,
1904, unm. She made her home in the old Barrett man-
sion during the last twenty-five years of her life.
10. Isaac*' (Silas^ Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph^, John^), b.
Nov. 1, 1790; m. Sept. 10, 1816, Nancy Fay [d. Feb. 24, 1827].
He lived at Mason. Children :
33. i. Charles A., b. Jan. 9, 1819; d. Nov. 4, 1850.
34. ii. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 26, 1820.
35. iii. George C, b. Sept. 25, 1822; d. Dec. 24, 1826.
36. iv. George F., b. Jan. 7, 1827.
15. Caleb Emerson*' (Silas^, Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph^,
Johni). b. Aug. 29, 1799; m. June 2, 1821, Sophronia Kimball
of Nelson, N. H. [b. Aug. 10, 1801.] Children:
37. i. Benjamin K., b. Jan. 22, 1826; d. Aug. 18, 1829.
38. ii. Abigail A., b. Oct. 19, 1828.
39. iii. Franklin K., b. Jan. 20, 1834.
40. iv. Louisa S., b. June 27, 1837.
41. V. Mary C, b. Jan. 3, 1841.
17. Clarissa Page** (Silas^, Joseph*, Ebenezer^, Joseph-,
John^), b. May 26, 1802; d. Aug. 8, 1879; m. Feb. 5, 1819,
Charles Granger [b. Suffield, Ct., June 8, 1799; d. New Ips-
wich, Nov. 21, 1865]. She lived at Mason and at New Ips-
wich. Children :
i. Catherine A. Granger, b. May 13, 1821 ; m. John H. Coy.
ii. Charles H. Granger, b. Mar. 31, 1823.
iii. James W. Granger, b. Sept. 30, 1825; d. Jan. 24, 1864.
iv. Mary Ann Granger, b. Dec. 10, 1829; m. Aug. 9, 1849,
Frederick H. Moore.
V. George E. Granger, b. Mar., 1832; d. Aug. 5, 1832.
vi. Martha M. Granger, b. Oct. 3, 1833 ; d. Dec. 14, 1902 ; m.
Apr. 6, 1859, William A. Preston (70).
vii. Caroline E. Granger, b. Sept. 7, 1840; d. 1905; m. Apr. 2,
1874, James White Moore.
BURROWS.
1. William^ Burrows, b. about 1728; d. 1825. He is said
to have come to New Ipswich from Hartford, Conn. His
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name first appears upon the town records in 1785. He first
settled near the south line of the town, a little east of the
point where the river enters from Ashby, on lot 74, A. D.,
but apparently remained there only a few years, removing to
the Francis Fletcher farm, (XIII: 1, S. R.) The place of his
home there, upon a road now almost impassable, extending
from Davis Village to the house of George S. Wheeler, can
still be recognized, but the house was suddenly destroyed by
its owner about sixty years since to prevent its appropriation
by the town authorities for the use of sufiferers from smallpox.
Children :
2. i. William, b. about 1766.+
3. ii. Hannah.
4. iii. Joseph, m. July 12, 1790, Lydia Preston (9), and removed
to Whitingham, Vt. It is not certain that he was a son
of William, but as his name appears upon the town records
but a little later than that of his assumed father, and
earlier than that of William, Jr., the assumption seems
reasonable. There are known to have been other children,
probably never residents in the town.
2. William- (William^), b. about 1786; d. Mar. 10, 1807;
m. 1789, Sarah Fletcher (30) [m. (2) Richard Wheeler (13)].
He was a farmer on the same farm with his father. Children :
Sarah, b. June 7, 1790; m. Sept. 13, 1818, Oliver Harris (1).
Lydia, b. Oct. 17, 1792; d. July 10, 1818; m. Nov. 27, 1815,
Rev. John Parkhurst.
Ruth, b. Oct. 14, 1795; m. Jan. 4, 1816, Jonas Button.
Celia, b. May 20, 1798; m. Feb. 22, 1820, Rev. John Parkhurst.
Laura, b. Apr. 8, 1801; d. Mar. 6, 1820.
William Fletcher, b. Apr. 24, 1804.
Elvira, b. June 28, 1807; d. Feb. 28, 1850; m. 1832, Leonard
Hastings (2).
BURTON.
Boniface* Burton was one of the earliest settlers of Lynn, Mass.,
where he died June 13, 1669, at which time he was said to be 113 years
old, but a historian of that time adds the remark ''I am afraid that much
exaggeration was formerly used with respect to the ages of old people."
John^ (Boniface*), d. Oct. 14, 1681. Res. Salem, where he was free-
man in 1638. He was a Quaker and suffered punishment for his belief.
Isaac" (John", Boniface*), d. 1706. Res. in Topsfield and in Salem.
John* (Isaac', John', Boniface*), d. 1750.
John' (John', Isaac', John', Boniface*), b. about 1711; d. Feb. 11,
1791; m. May 14, 1734, Abigail Paine of Salem [b. about 1713; d. Aug.
28, 1796]. He resided for a time in Middleton, Mass., and removed thence
to Wilton.
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John" (John', John*, Isaac', John', Boniface*), b. about 1738; d. Nov.
18, 1816; m. at Topsfield, Mass., Oct. 7, 1756, Rebecca Gage [b. about
1739; d. Aug. 17, 1831]. He was a farmer and miller in Wilton, where
he held the office of selectman and town clerk. He was called deacon.
John' (John*, John', John', Isaac', John', Boniface'), b. March 25,
1767; m. (1) Jan. 27. 1791, Eunice, dau. of Dea. Peter and Rebecca
(Russell) Heald of Temple [b. Apr., 1771] ; (2) April 20, 1836, Susannah
Carter of Wilton. He removed to Andover, Vt., where he was captain
of militia, but returned to Wilton in 1808.
Dexter* (John', John®, John", John^ Isaac^ John^ Boniface'), b. at
Andover, Vt., Oct. 16, 1802; d. June 3, 1855; m. April 20, 1824, Clarissa
O., dau. of Jesse and Sarah (Tidder) Spofford of Temple [b. June 12,
1803]. Res. in L3mdeboro, where he was selectman for several years.
1. Dexter Lionel^ (Dexter^, John^, John*', John^ John*,
Isaae, John^, Boniface^), b. Apr. 10, 1825; d. May 3, 1896;
m. Dec. 16, 1853, Emily Frances, dau. of Jonathan and Mary
G. (Newcomb) Ward of Hampton Falls, N. H. [b. Dec. 21,
1828; d. Feb. 25, 1908]. Children:
2. i. George Dexter, b. Oct. 26, 1855 ; m. Jan. 16, 1893, Frances R.
Jones (61). Promoter of the Burton Stock Car and many
electrical devices and machines.
3. ii. May Eva, b. Jan. 9, 1858; m. (1) Mar., 1876, Jeremiah
Kittredge Chandler (R. 97) ; (2) June 17, 1908, Stephen
W. Wheeler.
4. iii. Ida.
5. iv. Nellie.
6. V. John.
CAMPBELL.
1. Robert^ Campbell, a native of Scotland, was in New
Ipswich as early as 1760. His name appears upon the tax-
lists of the town from its incorporation until 1791, soon after
which he probably died. He lived upon the "Jesse Stearns
farm," (7, N. L. O.) No record of his family has been found
except that of the census of 1790, according to which it then
consisted of three males above sixteen years of age, one male
below that age, and five females, but the name of only one
child is known.
2. Caleb^ (Robert^), b. about 1741; d. 1800; m. (1) Nov.
26, 1789, Nabby, dau. of John and Elizabeth Wilkins [b. Aug.
8, 1769]; (2) Apr. 22, 1794, Lydia Stratton (S. 4). He suc-
ceeded to his father's farm. Only two children are recorded,
but a third is probably known. Children :
3. Caleb, b. about 1791. +
4. Mary, m. Dec. 22, 1817, Samuel Cragin (13).
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5. Lydia, m. May 7, 1812, John Kinsman of Fitchburg. She is
not recorded, but probably was daughter of Caleb.
3. Caleb^ (Caleb^ Robert^), b. about 1791; d. Feb. 5, 1863;
m. Nov. 25, 1813, Lucy Taylor (29). He passed the greater
part of his life as a farmer on the road to Smith Village, his
farm being on the site of the third home of Abijah Foster,
(IX:2, S. R.) Children:
6. i. Harriet Atwood, b. Mar. 26, 1815; d. July 1, 1879; m. June
2, 1841, Newton Brooks (11).
7. ii. Mary Ann, b. Apr. 27, 1816; d. Sept. 19, 1886; m. Apr. 10,
1834, Samuel Gushing (1).
8. iii. Maria, b. Dec. 18, 1820; m. Cheseldon Perry, a hotel pro-
prietor at Brattleboro, Vt. Eleven children.
9. iv. George Galeb, b. Jan. 1, 1823; d. Mar. 12, 1885; m. July 14,
1844, Abby Jane Newton. He succeeded to the paternal
farm, but made the home of his later years at the Genter
Village, in the house long occupied by Moody Adams nearly
opposite the Barrett mansion. He was largely interested in
the lumber business and was one of the selectmen.
10. V. Eveline, b. Nov. 14, 1824; m. John Perry. Res. at Brattle-
boro, Vt., and removed thence to Wisconsin. Three chil-
dren.
11. vi. Myra, b. Apr. 25, 1826; d. Brooklyn, N. Y., Mar., 1900.
12. vii. Lucy, b. Aug. 1, 1830; m. Benjamin H. Ghase, a jeweler at
Brattleboro, Vt., and at Ghicago.
13. viii. Emily Frances, b. Dec. 17, 1832; d. June, 1884. She gave
the service of many years to the Faith Home for Incura-
bles at Brookljm, N. Y., and died in that institution.
14. ix. Helen, b. Feb. 17, 1835; m. William Mills, at that time a
worker in the Y. M. G. A. at Providence, R. I., and later
an Episcopal clergyman.
15. X. Abby Henrietta, b. June 1, 1837. She is superintendent of
the Faith Home for Incurables at Brooklyn, N. Y., which
she with her sister Emily Frances established in 1875, and
which has done a most beneficent work for many years.
CARR.
Thomas^ Carr of Sudbury, Mass., m. Nov. 2, 1741, Grace Sherman
of Marlboro, Mass. He was a farmer, and his farm, originally of 300
acres, remained in the family for four generations.
Thomas^ (Thomas^), b. Sudbury, Dec. 20, 1742; m. Abigail Lovering.
He had a part in the Revolutionary uprising of April, 1775, and served in
the field during later years.
John' (Thomas', Thomas'), b. Feb. 21, 1773; d. Mar. 23, 1855; m.
Dec. 24, 1797, Dorcas Haynes [b. about 1771; d. Oct. 29, 1840]. He served
in the War of 1812.
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1. Emery* (John^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Sudburv, Apr.
3, 1799; d. Nov. 24, 1880; m. Mar. 30, 1825, Abigail Rice of
Stow, Mass. [b. Sept. 13, 1800; d. Nov. 24, 1888]. He lived
in Fitchburg, Mass., during his early manhood, but in 1834
he came to New Ipswich and built a sawmill a little south of
the "white school-house" on the Turnpike, on 146. A. D. At
a later date he moved southerly a mile and a half and made
his home near the Rindge line, (131, A. D.) Children:
3. i. Rebecca Smith, b. Sudbury, Feb. 4, 1826; d. Apr. 3, 1844.
4 ii. James Emery, b. Dec. 30, 1827. +
5. iii. Abby Ann, b. Jan. 28, 1830; d. Nov. 3, 1831.
6. iv. Ruth Rice, b. Dec. 11, 1832; d. Aug. 26, 1849.
7. V. Joseph Fletcher, b. Apr. 28, 1835.
8. vi. John W., b. July 25, 1837; d. Mar. 2, 1842.
9. vii. Edward J., b. Aug. 12, 1841 ; d. Mar. 18, 1842.
10. viii. John Edward, b. July 23, 1843; d. Aug. 9, 1906. He served
during the Civil War, in the 13th New Hampshire Regi-
ment, and later in a Pennsylvania battery. Afterward
res. in Carlisle, Mass.
2. Ezra* (John^, Thomas^, Thomas^), b. Sudbury, Feb. 21,
1807; d. 1875; m. (1) Oct. 6, 1842, Belinda Walker (J. 14);
(2) June 3, 1875, Mary, widow of Ezra Scollay, and previ-
ously of Paul Moore. He succeeded to the Jesse Walker
farm on the west side of the mountain, upon the old Rindge
road, now abandoned, (152, A. D.)
4. James Emery^ (Emery*, John^, Thomas-, Thomas^), b.
Fitchburg, Mass., Dec. 30, 1827; d. Apr. 9, 1911; m. Jan. 12,
1858, Irene Amanda, dau. of Benjamin and Lydia (Cass) Dan-
forth of Rindge [b. Oct. 23, 1840; d. Apr. 5, 1904]. He for
many years had a mill very near the Rindge line, largely oc-
cupied by the manufacture of shingles, for which purpose he
introduced improved machinery before unused in the state.
He was a selectman 1879-81. He removed to West Rindge
in 1885, where for ten years he had charge of the mills and
farms of the Butterick Publishing Company. Children :
11. i. A daughter, b. and d. June, 1859.
12. ii. Ida Amanda, b. Apr. 24, 1860; d. June 26, 1880.
13. iii. Leslie James, b. Nov. 17, 1862; m. Hattie Hayward. A
farmer in Hancock. Two children.
14. iv. A daughter, b. and d. 1864.
15. v. Emma Lillian, b. Apr. 17, 1869; m. Frank A. Wing, a civil
engineer. Three children.
16. vi. Theodore Parker, b. Aug. 14, 1870; d. Mar. 18, 1912; m.
Bessie Hazelbarger. He was a farmer in Ashby, Mass.
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17. vii. Ernest Edward, b. Sept. 17, 1871; m. Nettie Barker. At
the age of fifteen he was adopted by Waldo Wilson, and
his name was changed to Wilson. He is a farmer in Car-
lisle, Mass. Two children.
18. viii. Roy Davis, b. Nov. 2, 1873; m. Fanny Carey. He is an
engineer in Winchendon, Mass. One child.
19. ix. Amy Henrietta, b. May 21, 1876; m. Arthur Bennett, a
machinist in Providence, R. I.
20. X. John Earl, b. May 13, 1882. He is an engineer in Provi-
dence, R. I.
21. xi. Edna Dean, b. June 23, 1883; unm. Res. East Templeton,
Mass.
22. xii. Harlan, b. Dec. 13, 1884; d. July 17, 1886.
CHAMPNEY.
Richard* Champney, descended from Sir Henry Champney who
fought under William the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings, came
with his wife Jane from Lincolnshire, England, to Cambridge, Mass., in
1634/5, and settled in the part which is now Brighton, where he was
made freeman in 1636, and was a ruling elder in the church. He died
Nov. 26, 1669.
Daniel' (Richard*), b. Mar., 1644; d. 1699; m. (1) Jan. 3, 1665,
Dorcas, dau. of Thomas and Dorcas Bridge [b. about 1648; d. Feb. 7,
1683/4] ; (2) June 9, 1684, Hepzibah, dau. of Elijah Corlet and widow
of James Minot. Res. in Cambridge.
Daniel^ (Daniel", Richard*), b. Dec. 14, 1669; m. Bethiah Danforth.
Solomon' ( Daniel', Daniel', Richard*), b. Mar. 17, 1701/2; d. 1760;
m. (1) 1723, Elizabeth Cunningham; (2) Abigail Crackbone [b. about
1710; d. Jan. 18, 1785]. He began life as a mechanic, but entered the
English army and was serving in Castle William, Boston Harbor, at the
time of his death.
1. Ebenezer^ (Solomon*, Daniel^, DanieP, Richard^), a
son of his father's second marriage, b. Apr. 3, 1744; d. Sept.
10, 1810; m. (1) Abigail, dau. of Rev. Caleb Trowbridge of
Groton [b. about 1740; d. 1775]; (2) 1778, Abigail Parker
(S. 2); (3) Mar., 1796, Susan Wyman [d. Sept., 1796]. He
was born in Cambridge and graduated from Harvard College
in 1762. He then studied divinity and preached about two
years, after which he left that profession, studied law, was
admitted to the bar at Portsmouth in 1768, and settled in New
Ipswich, where he passed his professional life except during
six years when he was located at Groton, which town he rep-
resented in the Legislature. After 1795, he was Judge of
Probate for Hillsborough County. For some years he was
the only lawyer between Keene and Groton, and necessarily
rode over a very extended circtiit. By successive purchases
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he obtained the farm situated west of Bank Village, since
owned by his grandson, Hon. John Preston, and he built upon
it the farmhouse which was destroyed by fire. He lived in
this house for some years, but later he removed to the house
upon the hillside across the street from the present Baptist
church, which was for so long a time the home of Esquire
Preston. This home was conveniently near Judge Champ-
ney's office, situated, like his home, upon the old "country
road," just east of the Joseph Kidder Brook, and facing upon
the Village Green. Children :
Benjamin, b. Aug. 20, 1764.+
Francis, b. Jan. 27, 1766. +
Abigail, b. May 4, 1767; d. 1805; m. Dec. 10, 1789, Thomas
Gardner of Groton. Seven children.
Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 1768; m. Feb. 2, 1792, James, son of
James Prescott of Groton. Ten children.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 12, 1770; d. Aug. 27, 1775.
Sarah, b. Dec. 25, 1771; d. Aug. 20, 1775.
8. vii. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 5, 1774; d. Aug. 29, 1775.
9. viii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 6, 1779; d. June 19, 1869; m. Jan. 21,
1798, Dr. John Preston (14).
10. ix. Ebenezer, b. July 19, 1780.+
11. X. Jonas Cutler, b. Apr. 17, 1783.+
2. Benjamin^ (Ebenezer^, Solomon*, DanieP, DanieP,
Richard^, b. Aug. 20, 1764; d. May 12, 1827; m. (1) 1791,
Mercy Parker [b. July 3, 1765; d. Apr. 4, 1795]; (2) Oct.,
1809, Rebecca Brooks [b. about 1782; d. Aug. 15, 1849]. He
studied law in his father's office and commenced practice in
Groton during his father's residence in that town. Pie re-
turned to New Ipswich in 1792, and until his decease he
was an influential citizen. He was postmaster for twenty
years, a selectman for eight years, and was one of the pro-
prietors of the first cotton mill in the town, this being also
the first in the state. He succeeded to the home of his father
in the Center Village. Children :
12. i. Sarah, b. July 22, 1792; d. July 15, 1864.
Maria, b. July 23, 1793 ; d. Nov. 1, 1796.
Benjamin, b. Mar. 12, 1795; d. Nov. 13, 1813. He had en-
tered Dartmouth College the year preceding his death, but
a stone thrown by a fellow student struck his head and
ultimately caused his death.
Edward Walter, b. Aug. 18, 1810. -|-
George Mather, b. Mar. 6, 1812.-|-
Maria Louisa, b. Nov. 14, 1813; d. July 9, 1881; m. Dec,
1837, Francis K. Cragin (23). Res. Woburn, Mass.
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18. vii. Ellen Eliza, b. Oct. 17, 1815; d. June 5, 1888; m. Dec. 31,
1840, John Clough [b. Jan. 26, 1809; d. Nov. 27, 1879].
He was a physician and practiced for a few years, 1837-40,
in New Ipswich, after which he devoted himself to den-
tistry in Woburn, Mass. Child : Sarah Maria Clough, b.
Apr. 11, 1842; m. Robert J. W. Phinney.
19. viii. Benjamin Crackbone, b. Nov. 19, 1817.-J-
20. ix. Mary Jane, b. 1819; d. Mar. 2, 1837.
21. X. Henry Trowbridge, b. Sept. 19, 1825; d. Nov. 17, 1913; m. (1)
Nov., 1849, Lydia Parshley [d. Feb. 21, 1896]; (2) Apr.
30, 1896, Amelia K., dau. of Vernon and Helen (Smith)
Hanson of St. John, N. B. He was a successful merchant
in New York city until failing health necessitated his re-
tirement. Res. West Medford, Mass.
3. Francis" (Ebenezer^, Solomon*, Daniel^, DanieP, Rich-
ard^), b. Jan. 27, 1766; d. 1837; m. 1786, Abigail Trowbridge.
He lived for a time on the "Woolson farm," (S. R., IV: 2,)
said to have been the first farm cultivated in the town, but
he removed to Groton in middle life and resided there until
his death. Children :
22. i. Francis, b. 1788; d. 1791.
23. ii. Samuel, b. 1789; d. 1793.
24. iii. Abigail, b. 1793; d. 1793.
25. iv. Fanny, b. 1793.
26. v. Francis, b. 1794.
27. vi. Abigail, b. 1796.
28. vii. Samuel, b. 1798.
29. viii. Ferdinand, b. 1800.
10. Ebenezer" (Ebenezer^, Solomon*, DanieP, DanieF,
Richard^), b. July 19, 1780; d. Nov. 16, 1829; m. 1803, Mehi-
table, dau. of John and Maria (Nichols) Goodridge of Fitch-
burg, Mass. [b. Aug. 29, 1782; d. June 24, 1840; m. (2) Isaac
Bigelow of Leominster, Mass.]. He was a farmer upon the
eastern part of the farm of his father, afterward owned suc-
cessively by William Prichard and his son Francis W. Eight
of his grandchildren, bearing the family name, served in the
Civil War. Children :
30. i. Ebenezer Nichols, b. May 8, 1804; d. July 21, 1807.
31. ii. Jonas Cutler, b. Jan. 29, 1806.-)-
32. iii. Ebenezer, b. Mar. 8, 1808.+
33. iv. Fred William, b. Oct. 18, 1809; d. Apr. 16, 1810.
34. v. Julius Beresford, b. Feb. 12, 181 1.+
35. vi. Samuel Parker, b. Oct. 24, 1814.+
36. vii. Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1816; d. Mar. 10, 1816.
37. viii. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 9, 1817; m. Dec. 15, 1843, Daniel Coburn
of Lowell, Mass. [b. Dracut, Mass., Sept. 14, 1819]. She
lived in Lowell. Five children.
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38. ix. Lewis Clark, b. May 19, 1819.+
11. Jonas Cutler^ (Ebenezer^ Solomon^ DanieP. DanieP.
Richard^), b. Apr. 17, 1783; d. Feb. 7, 1824; m. Phebe Parker
(S. 14). He was a farmer upon the "Woolson farm," previ-
ously owned by his brother Francis. Children :
39. i. Horatio Nelson, b. 1809; d. May 10, 1849, unm.
40. ii. Abby Parker, b. Aug. 29, 1813; d. Oct. 14, 1894; m. Charles
C. Bellows (4).
15. Edward Walter^ (Benjamin*^, Ebenezer'^, Solomon*,
DanieF, Daniel-, Richard^), b. Aug. 18, 1810; d. May 1, 1886;
m. (1) Oct. 8, 1845, Caroline L. Floyd [b. 1820; d. Oct. 6,
1865] ; (2) Apr. 8, 1868, Esther Agnes Frost [b. Feb. 7, 1837].
He was a successful wholesale dealer in dry goods, associated
with his brother George M. in Boston for many years. Res.
at Woburn. Children :
41. i. Walter Frost, b. Jan. 29, 1869.
42. ii. George Kuhn, b. Oct. 17, 1872; d. July 8, 1877.
16. George Mather'^ (Benjamin^, Ebenezer^, Solomon*,
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^, b. Mar. 6, 1812; d. Jan. 4, 1882;
m. Jan. 13, 1836, Lucy Ann, dau. of Eleazer Brown (20) [b.
Jan. 8, 1813; d. Oct. 22, 1909]. For many years he was a
partner of his brother Edward W., in the wholesale dry goods
trade of Boston ; and in later years devoted his attention to
literary pursuits, being also librarian of Winn Library at
Woburn, where he made his home. Children :
43. i. Georgiana, b. Sept. 29, 1837; d. Aug., 1838.
44. ii. George Edward, b. Feb. 12, 1839; d. Apr. 20, 1842.
45. iii. Edwin Graves, b. Aug. 24, 1842.+
46. iv. Ellen Frances, b. Mar. 2, 1844; m. Feb. 24, 1883, Edward
D. Hayden [d. Nov. 15, 1908].
47. V. Anna Louisa, b. Mar. 8, 1846; m. Dec. 22, 1870, Henry T.
Remick. One daughter. Bertha Remick, b. Dec. 15, 1872.
19. Benjamin Crackbone'^ (Benjamin^, Ebenezer^ Solo-
mon*, DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Nov. 19, 1817; d. Dec.
11, 1907; m. (1) July, 1853, Mary Caroline Brooks [b. July 17,
1829; d. Oct. 24, 1876]; (2) June 26, 1879, Margaret Steven-
son [b. Feb. 26, 1841; d. Nov. 17, 1895]. He was an artist
of recognized ability. Res. in Boston. Children :
48. i. Benjamin Kensett, b. Dec. 15, 1854.
49. ii. Grace, b. July, 1856; d. Dec, 1863.
50. iii. Edith, b. Dec, 1859; d. Dec, 1863.
51. iv. Alice Cone, b. Dec. 14, 1869; m. Feb. 5, 1896, Arthur C.
Wyer [b. July 9, 1871]. One daughter, Alice Brooks Wyer,
b. July 27, 1898.
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31. Jonas Cutler'^ (Ebenezer®, Ebenezer^, Solomon*, Dan-
iel, Daniel-, Richard^), b. Jan. 9, 1806; m. 1828, Evelina B.
Allen of Boston. Soon after the death of his father he went
to Dover, N. H., and there learned the machinist's trade,
which he followed through his life with excellent success,
meeting the demands of the passing years with new imple-
ments and methods of manufacture. He lived for many years
in South Adams, Mass. Children :
52. i. Evelina B., b. Feb. 8, 1829; m. June 25, 1848, B. T. Sanders
of Pittsfield, Mass. Eight children.
Jonas A., b. Nov. 24, 1831.+
Jane E., b. Nov. 24, 1831; m. May 18, 1854, David Leach of
Manchester, England. One son.
Fred VV., b. Aug. 25, 1833.+
Eliza M., b. June 1, 1835; m. Nov. 24, 1858, Chad. Field of
Chester, Mass. Three daughters.
57. vi. Orcelia H., b. Aug. 9, 1837; m. Feb. 25, 1863, Leroy Perkins
of Burlington, Vt.
58. vii. Lewis C, b. Dec. 2, 1839.+
59. viii. Sarah A., b. Feb. 22, 1843; m. July 9, 1864, George W.
Dodge of Pittsfield, Mass. One daughter.
60. ix. Augustus, b. about 1847; d. about Aug. 5, 1864. He served
in the Civil War, was wounded at Spottsylvania, and had
not recovered when in a succeeding engagement he was
wounded and taken prisoner. He died in a hospital at
Petersburg, Va.
61. X. Augusta, b. about 1847; d. young.
62. xi. Armenia.
32. Ebenezer^ (Ebenezer'', Ebenezer^, Solomon*, DanieP,
DanieP, Richard^, b. Mar. 4, 1808; m. June 17, 1829, Sarah
Nickles [b. Billerica, Mass., Mar. 10, 1811]. He was a ma-
chinist, and for about twenty years was engaged in that
industry at Lowell, Mass. In 1840 he became a farmer at
Carlisle, Mass., which town he served as selectman and in
other official positions. Children :
63. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Aug. 21, 1831 ; m. Apr. 23, 1853, Tim-
othy Adams of Carlisle. Four children.
64. ii. Mary M. G., b. Apr. 19, 1833; m. Dec. 9, 1853, A. G. Munroe
of Marlow, N. Y. Three children.
65. iii. Ebenezer Nichols, b. May 3, 1834; d. May 23, 1835.
66. iv. John Holland, b. Nov. 8, 1836.-|-
67. V. Clarissa E., b. Feb. 18, 1838; m. Feb. 7, 1859, Marshall M.
Mason of Concord, Mass. One son.
68. vi. George Henry, b. July 5, 1841 ; d. May 16, 1842.
69. vii. Charles Frederick, b. June 2, 1844; d. Mar. 16, 1848.
70. viii. Frances Ellen, b. June 11, 1846; d. Sept. 14, 1846.
71. ix. Lewis Edwin, b. Oct. 15, 1849.
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34. Julius Beresford^ (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer^ Solomon*,
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Feb. 12, 1811; m. (1) Sept.
10. 1833, Sarah P. Bradford [b. Duxbury, Mass., June 13,
1813; d. Jan. 16, 1850]; (2) Content Almy. He also was a
machinist, commencing to learn the trade as an apprentice
with his brother Jonas, and spent most of his life in railroad
service, as master mechanic on the Fall River & Boston rail-
road until 1855, and afterward on the Chicago & Rock Island
railroad. During the first of these engagements he lived at
Fall River, where he was elected alderman. Children :
72. i. Julius Jackson, b. June 30, 1836; d. July 11, 1836.
7i. ii. Oscar Bradford, b. Maj'- 30, 1837. +
74. iii. Helen Marion, b. Dec. 30, 1838; d. July 15, 1839.
75. iv. Edgar Lewis, b. Dec. 30, 1838; d. Nov. 19, 1864.
76. V. Ruth Anna, b. Sept. 23, 1852; d. Mar. 30, 1864.
77. vi. Julius Beresford, b. Feb. 2, 1855; d. Nov. 4, 1861.
78. vii. Abby Parker, b. Feb. 7, 1857; d. Feb. 16, 1864.
79. viii. Mary A. Livermore, b. Apr. 3, 1859.
80. ix. Lizzie Preston, b. Oct. 26, 1862; d. Aug. 31, 1863.
81. X. Frank Preston, b. Dec. 29, 1864.
35. Samuel Parker'^ (Ebenezer*', Ebenezer^, Solomon*,
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Oct. 24, 1813; d. Sept. 22, 1866;
m. Oct. 10, 1837, Susan, dau, of Oliver Adams of Worcester,
Mass. [b. July 28, 1814]. He learned the watch and jewelry
business when a young man and conducted it at Grafton,
Worcester, and Somerville, Mass., in succession. Children :
82. i. Preston Adams, b. Feb. 23, 1841; d. Aug. 11, 1864. He
served in the Civil War, after a short term in the Rifle
Battalion re-enlisting in the 25th Mass. Regiment, in which
he was a sergeant. He was taken prisoner and confmed
at Belle Isle, Americus, and Andersonville, in which last
prison he perished of starvation.
83. ii. Samuel Goodrich, b. Jan. 8, 1843; d. Oct. 19, 1864. He also
was a soldier in the 25th Mass. Regiment, served his full
time, but contracted yellow fever and died in quarantine
before reaching his home.
84. iii. Susan Mehitable, b. Dec. 16, 1846; m. M. Goodrich of
Fitchburg, Mass.
85. iv. Eben Fremont, b. Sept. 7, 1850.
38. Lewis Clark^ (Ebenezer^ Ebenezer% Solomon*, Dan-
iel, Daniel-, Richard^, b. May 19, 1819; m. Apr. 18, 1846,
Mary E. Ball [b. Holden, Mass., Apr. 15, 1824]. He learned
the watchmaker and jewelry trade of his brother Samuel, and
followed that occupation at Troy, N. Y., during most of his
life, although he was at Boston for a few years about 1860,
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and entered upon the manufacture of daguerreotypes for a
brief period in the earliest days of that industry. Children :
86. i. Mary Adella, b. Mar. 9, 1847.
87. ii. Elizabeth Ella, b. July 4, 1849.
88. iii. Julius W., b. Jan. 4, 1851 ; d. Jan. 5, 1855.
89. iv. Emma, b. Feb. 27, 1853.
90. V. Frances J., b. Jan. 8, 1856.
91. vi. Richard L., b. June 19, 1859; d. June 19, 1859.
92. vii. Harvey Young, b. Apr. 20, 1860; d. June 22, 1860.
45. Edwin Graves® (George M.'', Benjamin*', Ebenezer^,
Solomon*, DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Aug. 24, 1842; m-
July 21, 1880, Martha Ann (Wilson) Capron. Children:
93. i. Margaret, b. Aug., 1882.
94. ii. George, b. Oct., 1884.
53. Jonas A.® (Jonas^, Ebenezer^, Ebenezer^, Solomon*,
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Leominster, Mass., Nov. 24,
1831; m. Jan., 1851, Koralia E. Haskel of Montague, Mass.
He served in the Civil War, being a captain in the 21st Mass.
Regiment, with which he served through its entire campaign,
and returned with the rank of major. He was in nearly every
battle between Richmond and Petersburg, and was once
wounded. Soon after his return home he was elected to rep-
resent the town of Adams, Mass., in the Legislature. Chil-
dren :
95. i. Jane E., b. Lee, Mass., Nov. 22, 1860.
96. ii. Jonas A., b. South Adams, Mass., Oct. 8, 1862.
55. Fred W.® (Jonas C.^ Ebenezer^ Ebenezer% Solomon*,
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Hancock, Mass., Aug. 25, 1833;
m. Nov. 3, 1859, Almira J. Hayle of Tolborton, Ga. He was
in Georgia in 1860, and voted the Bell and Everett ticket. At
the beginning of the war he was forced to leave the state and
narrowly escaped with his life. He engaged in gunboat ser-
vice as a chief engineer, and had a part in the capture of New
Orleans by Gen. Butler. Later he served as a lieutenant.
Children :
97. i. Harriet B., b. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 17, 1860.
98. ii. Mary L. A., b. South Adams, Mass., Aug. 30, 1865.
58. Lewis C.® (Jonas C.^ Ebenezer*', Ebenezer^ Solomon*,
DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Hancock, Mass., Dec. 2, 1839;
d. City Point, Va., June 20, 1864; m. Oct. 2, 1862, Kate A.
Lyons of Constable, N. Y. He served in the Civil War as a
corporal in the 12th Mass. Regiment, and after passing safely
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through eight battles and numerous skirmishes was fatally
wounded at Petersburg, Va. Child :
99. i. Lewis H., b. South Adams, Mass., July 20, 1863; d. Sept. 30,
1863.
66. John Holland® (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer**, Ebenezer^,
Solomon*, DanieP, DanieP, Richard^), b. Lowell, Mass., Nov.
8, 1836; m. 1857, Elizabeth R. Heald of Carlisle, Mass. He
enlisted in the Andrew Sharpshooters and served for two
years in the Civil War, having part in the battles at South
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. He
was honorably discharged on account of disease. Children :
100. i. Adriana Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1858.
101. ii. Anna Belle, b. Sept. 17, 1860.
7Z. Oscar Bradford® (Julius B.^, Ebenezer®, Ebenezer^,
Solomon*, DanieP, DanieP, RichardS) b. Black Rock, N. Y.,
May 30, 1837; m. Aug. 23, 1863, Julia Cushman of Duxbury,
Mass. He volunteered at the time of the first call for soldiers
in the Civil War and served for two years in the 20th Illinois
Regiment, his service being terminated by a severe wound re-
ceived at Pittsburg Landing, necessitating his discharge.
Child:
102. i. Sarah Cushman, b. Mar. 4, 1865.
CHANDLER.
This name has been represented in New Ipswich by descendants
from at least two emigrant ancestors, not known to be fellow-kinsmen,
William of Roxbury, Mass., and Roger of Concord, Mass., whose families
will be presented separately.
CHANDLER (Roger).
Roger^ Chandler, b. about 1637; d. Concord, Mass., Jan. 11, 1716/7;
m. Apr. 25, 1671, Mary Simonds, probably dau. of William and Judith
(Phippen) Simonds [b. Woburn, Mass., Dec. 9, 1647; d. Concord, Aug.
29, 1728]. It is believed that he was the son of Roger Chandler of Dux-
bury, Mass., who m. at Leyden, Holland, July 27, 1615, Isabella, dau. of
James Chilton of the Mayflower, but this is not absolutely proven. He
came from Plymouth Colony to Concord in 1658, and resided there until
his death. He was a builder and general mechanic, and a house built by
him for Dolor Davis, ancestor of the Concord Davis family, was de-
stroyed by fire only a few years ago.
Samuel^ (Roger'), b. Mar. 5, 1673/4; d. Apr. 27, 1743; m. Dec. 11,
1695, Dorcas, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Jones) Buss of Concord
[b. Jan. 26, 1672; d. Jan. 13, 1757]. He succeeded to his father's farm,
and was a prominent citizen of Concord, being town treasurer, selectman
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and representative, each for several years, and was largely interested in
the founding of Lunenburg, Grafton, and Templeton.
James' (Samuel', Roger'), b. Aug. 28. 1714; d. Dec. 8, 1792; m. (1)
1737, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Wright of Concord [b. Apr.
9, 1720; d. May 4, 1746]; (2) July 2, 1747, Mary, dau. of Joseph and
Mary (Tompkins) Flagg of Concord [b. Jan. 21, 1716/17; d. May 22,
1753] ; (3) Apr. 14, 1756, Mary, probably dau. of David and Mercy
(Hunt) Whittaker of Concord [b. May 16, 1716; d. Dec. 2, 1791]. He
succeeded to the ancestral farm. He was selectman for several years,
and despite his advanced years served in the Revolutionary force. He
was also a member of the Committee of Correspondence.
1. James* (James% SamueP, Roger^), b. Dec. 24, 1740; d.
May 10, 1824; m. (1) Jan. 1, 1765, Mary Melvin (4) ; (2) about
1808, Deliverance (Blanchard), widow of Col. Thomas Heald.
He came to New Ipswich at about the age of twenty-one,
and settled upon Page Hill, (XIII: 2, N. L. O.,) where he
lived more than forty years, removing after his second mar-
riage to the home of his wife. He was a useful and respected
citizen, being deacon, selectman, and a member of the Com-
mittee of Correspondence, Inspection and Safety. Children :
2. i. Samuel, b. Mar. 23, 1767; d. 1799, at Norwich, Conn., whither
he had removed soon after reaching his majority. Unm.
3. ii. James, b. Jan. 7, 1769.-|-
4. iii. Roger, b. Aug. 7, 1770. -|-
5. iv. Mary, b. May 19, 1772; d. 1811; m. Thomas Kenworthy.
Res. in Mason. Child : i. Thomas Chandler Kenworthy,
b. Dec. 21, 1810; d. Wheatland, Mich., 1861. He graduated
from Illinois College in 1840, and became a preacher and
colporteur.
6. v. John, b. May 14, \774.-\-
7. vi. Sally, b. Sept. 7, 1776; d. Sept. 15, 1844; m. May 14, 1795,
Ephraim Fairbank (1).
8. vii. Rebecca, b. July 3, 1779; d. July 2, 1870; m. May 2, 1804,
Stilman Gibson (1).
9. viii. Lydia, b. Nov. 15, 1781; d. Feb. 5, 1844; m. Benjamin Safford
(7).
10. ix. Daniel, b. Jan. 2, 1784.+
11. X. Hannah, b. Mar. 24, 1789; d. Apr. 16, 1807. She was a
devoted Christian, an unusual fact in those days for one
so young.
3. James^ (James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. Jan. 7,
1769; d. Gibson, Pa., Mar. 30, 1839; m. Lebanon, Conn., Jan.
1, 1799, Huldah Payne [b. Oct. 17, 1774; d. Jan. 30, 1830]. He
removed to Connecticut in early manhood, and was a clothier
in the towns of Lebanon and Columbia for several years. He
then removed to that part of Susquehanna County, Pa.,
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known as Kentuckyville, near the present town of Gibson,
where he took up wild land and passed the last thirty years
of his life as a farmer. Children :
12. i. Ch.arles, b. Sept. 24. 1799.+
13. ii. Harriet, b. Mar. 3, 1801; d. July 14, 1865; m. Mar. 10, 1846,
Zachariah S. Neely, a farmer at Dallas, Pa., where she died.
14. iii. Mary Melvin, b. Nov. 10, 1802; d. Oct. 31, 1886; m. (1) Jan.
1, 1823, Charles Edwards [b. Nov. 19, 1797; d. May 8,
1852]; (2) 1854, John Wesley Carpenter [d. 1869]. Nine
children of first marriage.
15. iv. Stephen Payne, b. June 12, 1804.+
16. V. HuLDAH, b. Apr. 23, 1806; m. Oct. 25, 1841, Amasa Lewis
Hyde.
17. vi. James, b. Apr. 28, 1808; d. Jan. 25, 1810.
18. vii. James, b. May 9, 1810.+
19. viii. Martha, b. Mar., 1812; d. Mar., 1812.
20. ix. Joshua Tracy, b. Sept. 9, 1813; d. Feb. 7, 1814.
21. X. Sarah Adelia, b. July 30, 1815 ; d. Berwick, Pa., about 1891 ;
m. Oct. 14, 1833, Dr. Clark Dickerman [d. Harford, Pa.,
about 1853].
4. RoGER^ (James*, James^, Samuel-, Roger^), b. Aug. 7,
1770; d. New Ipswich, Dec. 24, 1845; m. Lydia, dau. of
Thomas and Lydia (IrJunt) Marshall of Chelmsford, Mass. [b.
Dec. 19, 1774; d. Shirley, Mass., July 10, 1868]. He passed
most of his life in his native town, although in early man-
hood he was a contractor in the construction of the Middle-
sex Canal from the present site of I^owell through Billerica
and onwards. Afterward he bought a part of his father's
farm and built the house long occupied by his descendants,
and now owned by Herbert W. Chandler (122). He did not,
however, devote a large part of his time to the farm, but was
interested in the first cotton factory of the town, and later in
similar undertaking at Ashburnham, Mass. He was asso-
ciated with Charles Barrett in the store at the foot of Meeting-
house Hill, and for a few years carried on a store under the
same ownership at Keene. Children :
22. i. James, b. May 16, 1796.+
23. ii. Thomas Marshall, b. Aug. 15, 1798.+
24. iii. John, b. Nov. 25, 1800; d. May 9, 1853. He was a machinist
at Waltham and Lowell, Mass., until about 1839, when he
had a paralytic shock, and afterward lived with his mother
and brother Daniel Lyman in Shirley, Mass., where he died.
25. iv. Lydia Maria, b. Dec. 2, 1806; d. Sept. 16, 1826, unm.
26. v. Seth, b. Dec. 2, 1806; d. Oct. 4, 1889; m. Aug. 19. 1831,
Arvilla Tenney (13). He was a machinist at Waltham
and Lowell in early life, but entered the Universalist
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ministry in 1831, and after a short pastorate at Oxford,
Mass., became pastor of the Unitarian church at Shirley,
Mass., which was his home until his death fifty-five years
later, although his active pastorate closed ten years earlier.
He was for twenty-five years a member of the school board,
and was also town treasurer and historian of his adopted
home.
27. vi. George, b. May 14, 1810; d. Apr. 6, 1891; m. (1) Dec. 9,
1835, Clarissa Elizabeth Wright [b. about 1812; d. Nov.
27, 1851]; (2) Apr. 20, 1852, Susan (Treadwell) Barrett
[b. about 1812; d. Aug. 11, 1886]. He left New Ipswich
at the age of sixteen, and learned at Lowell, Mass., the
mason's trade, which industry he followed some years.
In 1840 he became a farmer in Shirley, Mass., where he
lived during twenty years. The later part of his life was
passed in East Acton, Mass.
28. vii. Charles, b. May 14, 1810.-f-
29. viii. Daniel Lyman, b. June 13, 1814; d. May 5, 1892, unm. The
early years of his manhood were spent on the family farm
in New Ipswich ; after this he became a successful farmer
and fruit-raiser in Shirley, Mass., which town he repre-
sented in the Legislature and where he was selectman. In
1854 he removed to Chicago, 111., and thence two years later
to Kansas, then in the most disturbed years of its history
and its strife with the "border ruffians." On the outbreak
of the Civil War he at once entered service, despite his
age, and passed four years as hospital steward, at first
of the 10th Kansas Regiment, and later of the 3d Cherokee
Regiment, in which on account of the lack of surgeons he
necessarily assumed their duties, and on his return to
Kansas he continued his medical practice thus acquired
until the closing years of his life. He was mayor of
Ogden, Kan., for a long time, and was also a member of
the Kansas Legislature.
30. ix. Abigail Ann, b. Aug. 15, 1817 ; d. Oct. 9, 1825.
31. X. Henry Pulaski, b. June 18, 1821.-]-
6. JoHN^ (James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. May 13,
1774; d. Nov. 9, 1858; m. (1) Oct. 16, 1802, Betsey, dau. of
Oliver and Elizabeth (Shed) Richardson of Billerica, IVIass.
[b. Feb. 3, 1780; d. Nov. 17, 1805] ; (2) Apr. 10, 1814, Anna,
dau. of Jeremiah and Anna (Chapman) Kittredge of Tewks-
bury [b. Apr. 22, 1794; d. Nov. 14, 1874]. In early manhood
he removed to Tewksbury, Mass., and there passed his life as
a farmer. Children :
32. i. John, b. Sept. 1, 1803; d. Mar. 17, 1836.
33. ii. Betsey Richardson, b. May 17, 1815; d. Feb. 5, 1888; m.
June 10, 1840, Moses C. Lang [b. Aug. 15, 1816; d. Mar.
3, 1877]. He lived in New Ipswich from 1855 to 1860, be-
ing associated with George C. Gibson in conducting the
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lumber mills at Gibson Village. Later during the Civil War
he was a dealer in naval stores at South Boston, Mass.
His widow left some very considerable bequests to various
missionary and benevolent purposes. One son d. young.
34. iii. Pamelia Kittredge, b. Nov. 11, 1816; d. May 11, 1890; m.
Oct. 3, 1837, John C. Jacques. He was also a dealer in
naval stores of the same firm as his brother-in-law. Six
children.
35. iv. James Melvin, b. Nov. 14, 1818.+
36. V. Hannah Jane, b. Nov. 7, 1820; d. Feb. 4, 1903; m. Nov. 13,
1845, Darkin Trull [b. Apr. 30, 1819; d. Feb. 14, 1903]. He
was a "gentleman farmer" of Tewksbury. One daughter.
Zl . vi. Jeremiah, b. Oct. 2, 1822.+
38. vii. Joseph, b. Oct. 29, 1824; d. Nov. 5, 1824.
39. viii. Maria Frances, b. Mar. 5, 1826; d. Apr. 3, 1905; m. Sept.
22, 1847, Hiram A. Stevens [b. Oct. 18, 1823; d. Jan. 10,
1888]. He was also a member of the same firm with his
brothers-in-law, dealers in naval stores. He was an alder-
man of Boston, and also served in the Legislature, both
as representative and as senator. Seven children.
40. ix. Susan Rogers, b. Apr. 24, 1828; m. Mar. 4, 1852, John T.
Foster [b. Mar. 20, 1827; d. Oct. 14, 1881]. He was a
farmer in Tewksbury. Five children.
41. X. M.-^RTHA Ann, b. May 26, 1830; m. Oct. 18, 1849, Daniel A.
Gregory [b. May 22, 1826; d. July 28, 1901]. He was a
successful merchant in Boston. Two children.
42. xi. Jefferson, b. Aug., 1832; d. Oct. 3, 1832.
43. xii. John, b. May, 1836; d. July 14, 1837.
10. Daniel^^ (James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. Jan. 2,
1784; d. Nov. 2, 1846; m. Jan. 11, 1811, Asenath Wheeler {7Z).
Immediately after his marriage he removed to Waldoboro,
]V[e., where he had a paper mill, and where he served as cap-
tain in the War of 1812. He removed to eastern Pennsylvania
about 1814, and thence in a few years to New York. During
most of his remaining life he resided in different parts of that
state, although he passed three years in Ohio, and died near
Fort Wayne, Ind., whither he had gone and entered upon
wild land. His industries were varied, including paper mak-
ing, lumbering, and farming, and at the time of his death he
was engaged in teaching. His changes of residence were
frequent, as is shown by the birthplaces of his children. Chil-
dren:
44. i. Isaac Monroe, b. Waldoboro, Me., Oct. 12, 1811; d. Hinsdale,
N. Y., Jan. 11, 1831.
45 ii Asenath Maria, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 26, 1813; d. Elling-
ton, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1908; m. Apr. 19, 1835, Adnah B.
Kinsman [b. May 9, 1805; d. Feb. 13, 1892]. He was a
farmer at Ellington, N. Y. Eight children.
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46. iii. Emily Monroe, b. Harford, Pa., May 7, 1815; d. Tyrone,
N. Y., Sept. 17, 1840; m. Thomas P. Paulding. One son
d. young.
47. iv. Seth Wheeler, b. Tunkhannock, Pa., June 1, 1817.+
48. V. Harriet Huldah, b. Wayne, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1819; d. Olean,
N. Y., Nov. 23. 1820.
49. vi. Eliza Butman, b. Olean, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1821; d. Great
Valley, N. Y., July 1, 1824.
50. vii. James Moses, b. Great Valley, N. Y., May 30, 1824.+
51. viii. David Silas, b. Olean, N. Y., June 1, 1826; d. Howard
Springs, Tenn., 1896; m. Ellington, N. Y., Apr. 11, 1861,
Julia M. Slater [b. Nov. 18, 1829; d. Feb. 9, 1872]. He
was a public school teacher in New York, Canada, and
Tennessee, commencing at the age of fourteen, and striv-
ing to keep pace with changing methods by taking a course
of normal study in Antioch College when sixty years of
age. He was also a printer in Buffalo, N. Y., for several
years, and a fruit-raiser in Pomona, Tenn., for some time.
During the last years of his life he was blind.
52. ix. Daniel Henry, b." Hinsdale, N. Y., Mar. 25, 1829.+
53. X. Mary Elizabeth, b. Hinsdale, N. Y., May 14, 1830; d. Hins-
dale, Oct. 5, 1830.
12. Charles'' (James^, James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^),
b. Columbia, Ct., Sept. 24, 1799; d. Apr. 23, 1840; m. Nov. 8,
1832, Eveline Trowbridge of Great Bend, Pa. He was a
farmer and prominent citizen of Lenox, Pa. He was sheriff
of the county, and at the time of his death was at Harrisburg
as a member of the Legislature. Children :
54. i. Mary Asenath, b. Mar. 9, 1834; m. 1856, John Carlisle.
55. ii. James Augustus, b. Jan. 27, 1837. +
15. Stephen Payne*' (James^ James*, James^ SamueP,
Roger^), b. Columbia, Ct., June 12, 1804; d. Oct., 1885; m. (1)
Nov. 30, 1834, Sarah Caroline Packer [d. about 1867] ; (2)
about 1870, Mrs. Mary Stevens. He was a farmer in the
town of Gibson, Pa., and postmaster at Kentuckyville post-
office in that town, where he was a leading citizen, holding
various local offices. For a time he lived in the neighboring
town of Nicholson. Children :
56. i. Eveline H., b. 1835; m. Horace E. Bennett, a bookseller in
West Pittson, Pa. Four children.
57. ii. James Adelbert, b. 1837.-f-
58. iii. Jane, b. about 1839; d. about 1849.
59. iv. Ellen, b. about 1841 ; m. George Conrad, a farmer at Lenox-
ville, Pa. Four children.
60. V. Frances, b. about 1843. Res. Scranton, Pa.
61. vi. Henrietta, b. about 1847; m. George Harding, a farmer at
Lenoxville, Pa.
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18. James^ (James^ James*, James^ SamueP, Rog-er^). b.
Lebanon, Ct., May 9, 1810; d. Oct. 3, 1872; m. Nov. 23, 1834,
Lucy Lane Carpenter [b. Attleboro, Mass., May 14, 1811].
He was a preacher in his early years of maturity, but after-
ward succeeded to his father's farm and was a leading citizen
of the town. Children :
62. i. Lucy Adelia, b. July 13, 1836; d. Nov. 6, 1856, unm.
63. ii. HuLDAH Caroline, b. Nov. 1, 1837; m. June 22, 1869, Wil-
liam Henry Davoll, who is a farmer on the farm of her
father and grandfather. Four children.
64. iii. Mary Eveline, b. Aug. 19, 1841 ; m. Oct., 1865, Charles O.
Davoll, a farmer at Preston, Pa. Four children.
65. iv. Harriet Abbie, b. Nov. 17, 1843; m. May 23, 1867, John S.
Davoll, a farmer at Preston, Pa. Nine children.
The husbands of the three sisters are brothers.
22. James*^ (Roger^ James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b.
May 16, 1796; d. Jan. 30, 1879; m. (1) Nancy, dau. of David
and Nancy (Drake) White [b. Easton, Mass.. May 1, 1796; d.
Mar. 27, 1853] ; (2) June 27, 1854, Abigail Rhoads (5). widow
of James Newhall (19) ; (3) Nov. 2, 1872, Lucy Rhoads (4),
widow of Luther W. Nichols. He learned the machinist's
trade in New Ipswich, and on attaining his majority went to
Waltham, Mass., and entered the service of a company with
which he remained for more than twenty years, after 1823 at
the new town started in that year by his employers which
became the city of Lowell, by which town he was thrice
elected representative. He returned to New Ipswich about
1838 and conducted the farm previously owned by his father
and grandfather for some years, but in 1850 he removed to
Smithville, where the first house from the school-house on
the north was his home until his death. He was selectman
several years and representative three times. He was also
president of the bank, and was largely occupied in the set-
tlement of estates. These varied duties left no large amount
of time free for mechanical labor, but he had a shop in which
he attended to the repairing of guns and other articles need-
ing the machinist's hand. His strict honesty and business
reliability were proverbial. Children :
66. i. Nancy, b. July 18, 1821; d. Nov. 27, 1911. She was a teacher
for some time, but finally devoted her life to caring for
the sick or otherwise needy kinsfolk, as conditions re-
quired.
67. ii. James Lyman, b. Feb. 8, 1823.-f-
68. iii. George Willard, b. July 29, 1825.+
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69. iv. Lewis Edward, b. Mar. 28, 1830; d. Oct. 2, 1838.
70. V. Marshall Warren, b. Dec. 15, 1831. +
71. vi. Charles Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1840.+
23. Thomas Marshall*^ (Roger^, James*, James^, SamueP,
Roger^), b. Aug. 15, 1798; d. Dec. 1, 1851; m. 1822, Anne
Cooper [b. England about 1804; d. Aug. 16, 1851]. He was a
machinist, working successively at Lowell, Mass., New Ips-
wich, Somersworth, N. H., Watertown, Mass., and finally for
many years in the U. S. Navy Yard at Charlestown, Alass.
Children :
72. i. Mary Jane, b. New Ipswich, June 4, 1826; d. Nov. 2, 1890;
m. Nov. 13, 1854, George N. Fisher, a milk dealer at
Charlestown. She was a public school teacher in Charles-
town and Boston from early womanhood until her mar-
riage.
7Z. ii. Sarah Maria, b. Watertown, Mass., Dec. 1, 1829. Begin-
ning at the age of sixteen she was a teacher for forty-five
years in the public schools of Charlestown and Boston, ex-
cept during two years of service at an academy in Missis-
sippi. After retiring she resided at Ayer and Worcester,
Mass.
74. iii. Lyman Marshall, b. Charlestown, Dec, 1846; d. Aug. 7,
1851.
28. Charles'' (Roger^, James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^),
b. May 14, 1810; d. Apr. 12, 1889; m. Nov. 16, 1834, Esther B.
Plympton [b. June 25, 1814; d. Sept. 10, 1857]. He left New
Ipswich with his brother George at the age of sixteen, and
learned the trade of machinist at Lowell of his brother James,
with whom he worked several years. About 1844 he removed
to Shirley, Mass., and conducted a private express line be-
tween that town and Boston, and after retiring from business
he resided there until his death. Children :
75. i. Francis Henry, b. Mar. 22, 1836; d. Feb. 20, 1910; m. Mar.
9, 1860, Kate Carter of Shirley. He followed many lines
of mercantile business, but for many years was a dealer in
flour, grain, produce, and fruit in Nashua, where he died.
76. ii. Elizabeth A., b. Jan. 20, 1838; d. Dec. 29, 1842.
77. iii. Elizabeth A., b. June 4, 1844; m. Nov. 1, 1865, Herman S.,
son of Joseph and Ann (Longley) Hazen [b. Shirley, Aug.
25, 1845]. He is a farmer in Shirley, and has held all the
more important town offices, and has also served as rep-
resentative. Child : Ethel Hazen, b. May 29, 1871 ; d. Apr.
15, 1882.
78. iv. Charles Plympton, b. Feb. 16, 1847; d. Sept. 25, 1865. At
the age of seventeen he enlisted in the 26th Massachusetts
Regiment and after a year's faithful service was discharged
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with the regiment, only to die in a short time from dis-
ease caused by the hardships of the service.
31. Henry Pulaski'' (Rog-er^ James^ James^, SamueF,
Rog-erM, b. June 18. 1821; d. July fl. 1891; m. Feb. 13, 1842.
Charlotte Silver [b. Feb. 14, 1822; d. Feb. 9, 1906]. He
learned the machinist's trade of his brother James at Lowell
and worked there until about 1847, when he removed to the
works just begun where is now the city of Lawrence and con-
tinued there, except a brief residence at Shirley, Mass., about
1857, until he retired from business with a comfortable com-
petence due in no small part to his valuable inventions in the
machinery used in cotton mills. He retired to East Acton,
Mass., in 1882, and there passed his later years. Children:
79. i. John Henry, b. Sept. 28, 1843.+
80. ii. Lydia Maria, b. June 20, 1845; m. Feb. 3, 1874, Stillman P.,
son of Jonas and Eliza (Atherton) Holden of Shirley,
Mass. [b. Nov. 10, 1840]. He was a farmer and carpenter.
Res. at Shirley and Waltham, Mass. Children : i. Leon
Chandler Holden. b. Nov. 23, 1874. ii. Cora Leslie Holden,
b. Oct. 22, 1879; m. Oct. 17, 1907, E. Thomas Charles.
81. iii. Joseph Shirley, b. Dec. 28, 1846; d. Mar. 20, 1847.
82. iv. Charlotte Abby, b. Jan. 30, 1848; d. Nov. 30, 1859.
83. V. Susan Ogden, b. Apr. 21, 1859. A successful teacher.
84. vi. Jesse L., b. Oct. 14, 1863.-f
35. James Melvin^ (John^, James*, James^ SamueP,
Roger^), b. Tewksbury, Mass., Nov. 14, 1818; d. Dec. 4, 1888;
m. Oct. 1, 1843, Susan J., dau. of Elijah and Susan (Simonds)
Harris of South Boston. Mass. [b. May 3. 1829; d. Sept. 29,
1903]. He was a member of the firm of dealers in naval stores
in which his brothers-in-law were engaged, and after his with-
drawal from it about 1855, he returned to his native town,
and for the rest of his life held an honored place there.
Children :
85. i. John Henry, b. Aug. 26, 1845.+
86. ii. Susan Anna, b. Aug. 25, 1847; d. Dec. 8, 1906; m. Nov. 19,
1869, Samuel L. Babcock, a fish dealer in Keene until 1888,
and afterward in railroad employ at Tewksbury. One son.
87. iii. Josephine Maria, b. Aug. 27, 1849; m. Nov. 29, 1876, Albert
S. Briggs, a general mechanic in Lowell. Res. in Tewks-
bury. Six children.
88. iv. Mary Frances, b. Nov. 28, 1851; d. June 15, 1902; m. (1)
Aug. 3, 1871, Elverton A. Davis, a carpenter; (2) Apr. IS,
1885, Charles H. Tucker, a farmer. Three children of first
marriage.
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89. V. Hannah Jane, b. Mar. 2, 1854. Res. on home farm with her
brother.
90. vi. James Melvin, b. Feb. 3, 1856; m. (1) July 30, 1884, Isabella,
dau. of Alexander Dewar of Nova Scotia [d. Jan. 3, 1887] :
(2) June 6, 1888, Ida C, dau. of John and Princess Ann
(Rawlings) Lane of Lowell, Mass.
91. vii. Hiram Stevens, b. June 12, 1857.+
92. viii. Pamelia Kittredge, b. Aug. 12, 1859; d. Aug. 31, 1859.
93. ix. Isabella Lang, b. Sept. 28, 1860; d. July 22, 1887; m. Nov.
25, 1880, George E. Marshall, a farmer in Tewksbury.
Three children.
94. X. Jeremiah Kittredge, b. Sept. 30, 1863.+
95. xi. William Abbott, b. May 9, 1868. He is a farmer on the
home farm with his sister Hannah Jane.
37. Jeremiah® (John^, James*, James^, Samuel-, Roger^),
b. Oct. 2, 1822; d. June 27, 1876; m. Jan. 1, 1849, Anne Cor-
nelia Gibson (10). He was a farmer, and succeeded to his
father's farm in Tewksbury, but in his later years he became
insane. His widow m. (2) July 20, 1882, her brother-in-law,
Washington Shepley of Canton, 111. 'Children:
96. i. John Stillman, b. Jan. 8, 1851; unm. He was a farmer at
Canton, 111., for some years, and afterward returned to
Tewksbury.
97. ii. Jeremiah Kittredge, b. Aug. 7, 1854.+
98. iii. George Washington, b. Mar. 29, 1860; m. Nov. 9, 1888, Kate
F., dau. of John and Sarah (Dunlap) Allen [b. May 21,
1857]. He fitted for college at New Ipswich Appleton
Academy and graduated from Tufts College with degree
C. E. in 1880. He has been employed upon several railroads
in the United States and Mexico, upon national river im-
provements, and in later years has been city engineer of
Canton, 111.
99. iv. Charles Henry, b. June 26, 1863; m. Nov. 3, 1897, Alice A.,
dau. of Charles W. and Emma (Young) Dodge [b. Brook-
field, Mo., July 20, 1870].
47. Seth Wheeler® (Daniel^, James*, James^, SamueP,
Rogers, b. June 1, 1817; d. Mar. 20, 1871; m. Mar. 11, 1838,
Mary Maria Bush [b. Benton, N. Y., July 11, 1820; d. Oct. 4,
1871 ] . He passed his life after arriving at maturity in Ellington,
N. Y., and the neighboring town of Kennedy, to which he
removed in middle life after the birth of his children. In each
of these towns he was the owner of a gristmill. He was a
justice. Children:
100. i. Josephine, b. Jan. 8, 1841; d. Kennedy, N. Y., Mar. 24, 1869;
m. Nov. 1, 1865, John M. Mills [b. about 1838; d. Vineland,
N. J., Nov. IS, 1866].
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101. ii. Emily, b. May 19, 1843; d. Jan. 25, 1868.
102. iii. George, b. May 3, 1845 ; d. May 16, 1845.
103. iv. Mary A., b. Aug. 2, 1847 ; d. Dec. 18, 1867.
104. V. Myra E., b. Feb. 18, 1850; m. Nov. 28, 1881, Nathan A. Reed,
a merchant's clerk at Austin, Minn.
50. James Moses^ (DanieP, James*, James^, SamueP,
Roger^), b. May 30, 1824; d. Jan. 7, 1861; m. Perrydale, Ore.,
May 20, 1863, Nancy Ann (Wilson) Sargeant [b. Piqua, O.,
July 8, 1827; d. July 5, 1890]. He studied at Otterbein Col-
lege, but did not complete a full course. In 1854 he joined a
colony formed to settle in Oregon, whither they journeyed
with ox-teams, being nearly six months on the way. He took
up a half-section of land and became a farmer, but taught
during the winters until nearly the end of his life. He married
a widow with several children and a farm which with his
own amounted to nearly 1000 acres and seemed a comfortable
barony for their children. Children :
105. i. Charles Henry, b. Apr. 8, 1864.+
106. ii. Albert Bennett, b. Nov. 27, 1865; m. Dec. 25, 1889, Cora
Bell Graves. He is a farmer, having land in Perrydale and
the adjoining town of Ballston. He has several children.
107. iii. Emma Maria, b. Nov. 14, 1868; m. Sept. 6, 1885, William B.
Davis [b. Cute, Tenn., 1865]. A farmer and livery stabler
in Perrydale, Ore., and afterward a hardware merchant in
Dallas, Ore.
52. Daniel Henry*^ (DanieP, James*, James^, SamueP,
Roger^), b. Mar. 25, 1829; d. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 25, 1908;
m. (1) July 3, 1849, Ruth A., dau. of John and Naomi
(Thompson) Felt [b. Ellington, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1829; d.
Xenia, O., June 5, 1886] ; (2) Dec. 29, 1887, Polly Calista, dau.
of David and Polly (Hall) Gates [b. Oct. 2, 1822; d. Nov. 9,
1891]; (3) Nov. 24, 1892, Mrs. Sarah A. (Shaw) Hatch [b.
July 17, 1829; d. May 13, 1896]. He was a blacksmith in New
York and Indiana until the Civil War, when he enlisted as
artificer in the 5th Indiana Battery, and served more than
three years, but w^s brevetted lieutenant at the battle of
Chickamauga and afterward received his commission. He
was afterward a wagon maker in Indiana, a farmer in Penn-
sylvania for several years, and later a travelling salesman in
Tennessee. After a brief experience as market gardener in
Xenia, O., he returned to his early home in Ellington, N. Y.,
and to miscellaneous mechanical activities. While a citizen
of Indiana he was a justice. Children:
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108. i. Martha Jeannette, b. Ellington, N. Y., June 7, 1850; m.
Feb. 20, 1884, Herman Compton, a farmer at McLane and
McKean, Pa. Four children.
109. ii. AsENATH Maria, b. Ellington, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1851; d. Etna,
Ind., Aug. 1, 1865.
110. iii. Charles Wheeler, b. Rutledge, N. Y., Apr. 28, 1853; d.
Xenia, O., May 28, 1903; m. June 5, 1895, Susan, dau. of
Rev. Hiram and Mary Jane (Oliphant) Bulkeley [b. May
13, 1853]. He taught for several years in Pennsylvania,
Tennessee and Ohio, was a travelling salesman for a time,
a dealer in coal and building supplies at Xenia, O., 1887-99,
and w^as engaged in life insurance afterward until his death.
111. iv. Mary Wheeler, b. Rutledge, N. Y., May 19, 1855; d. Jan. 10,
1857.
112. V. George Prentiss, b. Albion, Ind., Mar. 26, 1857.+
113. vi. Laura Emily, b. Etna, Ind., Mar. 13, 1861; d. McLane, Pa.,
Nov. 27, 1880. She was a teacher.
114. vii. Anna Simonson, b. Etna, Ind., Sept. 16, 1866. Res. with her
brother Seth Virgil in Knoxville, Tenn.
115. viii. William Henry, b. Etna, Ind., Feb. 9, 1870; d. Nov. 16, 1880.
116. ix. Seth Virgil, b. Franklin, Pa., Apr. 28, 1872. He is a mem-
ber of the Knoxville Supply Co., Knoxville, Tenn.
55. James Augustus'^ (Charles^, James^, James*, James^,
SamueP, Roger^), b. Jan. 27, 1837; d. Hillsdale, Mich., about
1867. He was probably a farmer. Children :
117. i. Charles, a druggist.
118. ii. Clarence, a druggist.
57. James Adelbert^ (Stephen P.^, James^, James*, James^,
SamueP, Roger^), b. 1837; m. about 1868, Rachel Jones.
Child:
119. i. Clara, b. about 1869.
67, James Lyman^ (James^, Roger^, James*, James^,
SamueP, Roger^), b. Feb. 8, 1823; d. Mar. 21, 1904; m. (1)
Mar. 28, 1848, Clarissa Merriam, dau. of Oliver and Sally
(Whitney) Kendall [b. Ashby, Mass., Mar., 1827; d. Oct. 26,
1854]; (2) July 5, 1855, Ann Elizabeth Wheeler (147). His
home after the age of nine years was in New Ipswich, where
he was first a farmer upon the paternal farm, and later upon
the next farm westward, (XII : 4, S. R.,) where he built the
house now standing there, which was his home for more than
thirty years, after which he succeeded to the home of his
father's later years in Smith Village. For many years he
owned the sawmill on XIV: 4, S. R., and was also largely
occupied as a carpenter and general mechanic. Children :
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122.
iii.
123.
iv.
124.
V.
125.
vi.
Chandler (Roger)
120. i. Myron Kendall, b. Jan. 24, 1851; d. Dec. 23, 1910; m. July
30, 1882, Ella E., dau. of James and Eliza (Beaman) Gar-
land [b. New Orleans, La., July 30, 1849; d. Mar., 1913].
He was a carpenter at Gardner, Mass.
121. ii. Amanda, b. June 14, 1853; d. Feb. 9, 1901; m. Oct. 5, 1884,
Austin C. Drury. One son, b. Aug. 26, 1885; d. Sept. 26,
1885.
Herbert Warren, b. Apr. 2, 18S6.+
Lyman Marshall, b. Nov. 16, 1858; d. May 6, 1895, unm.
He was postmaster at Smithville, where he had a country
store.
William Henry, b. Nov. 22, 1863.+
Alice Eva, b. July 30, 1866. She is the present owner of the
family home in Smithville in which she resided.
126. vii. Levi L., b. and d. May, 1870.
68. George Willard^ (James^ Roger^ James*, James^
Samuel^, Roger^), b. July 29, 1825; d. Manhattan, Kan.; m.
(1) June 15, 1847, Martha, dau. of John^ (Cornelius®), and
Polly (Stratton) Towne [b. Jaffrey, Nov. 29, 1821; d. May
21, 1848] ; (2) Aug. 12, 1849, Hannah Chaplin Towne (42) [b.
Dublin, Oct. 23, 1831; d. Dec. 25, 1900]. He learned the ma-
chinist's trade in Lowell, Mass., and has followed that indus-
try in that city and in New Ipswich, Dublin, and Greenville,
and Winchendon and Ayer, Mass. He was a very skilful
mechanic, and made a number of useful inventions, among
which is the earliest practicable twine-binding reaper; but
most of the advantages of his inventions have been secured
by others. He lived for a few years after 1854 on the home
farm, and during a period of fifteen years near Kidder Moun-
tain, on 46, N. D., on which latter farm he had a well-furnished
shop in which he and his sons were largely occupied. Since
1890 he has been a general mechanic in Manhattan, Kan.
Children :
127. i. George Willard Alonzo, b. New Ipswich, Apr. 28, 1848; d.
Feb. 16, 1849.
128. ii. Maria Hannah, b. Dublin, Apr. 27, 1851 ; d. Maiden, Mass.,
Mar. 1, 1907; m. July 23, 1879, William, son of William and
Eliza (Clark) Gray [b. Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 13, 1838].
He was a clerk and accountant of Winchendon, Mass., and
later in Boston. Children : i. Mabel Hannah Gray, b. Sept.
10, 1880. ii. Gertrude Hortense Gray. b. Mar. 6, 1882. iii.
Ethel Marguerite Gray, b. Mar. 30, 1884. iv. Florence
Church Gray, b. Feb. 4, 1887.
129. iii. Laura Jane, b. Dublin, Jan. 6, 1853; m. July 3, 1875, Charles
Hanson, son of Charles Hanson and Rhoda H. (Buxton)
Parker of Milford. Res. Milford and Ayer, Mass.
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130. iv. Lewis Edward, b. New Ipswich, Feb. 17, 1855; d. Feb. 10,
1858.
131. V. Abbie Ann, b. New Ipswich, May 7, 1857; m. Sept. 9, 1881,
Fred Emery, son of Sumner and Cordelia G. (Brooks)
Fletcher and grandson of Reuben Fletcher (50). He is a
machinist. Res. Winchendon and Gardner, Mass. Child :
i. Carl Winthrop Fletcher, b. Nov. 13, 1882 ; d. Apr. 23, 1904.
132. vi. Nancy Ella, b. New Ipswich, June 4, 1859; m. Mar. 30, 1883,
Edward J., son of Seth R. and Esther A. (Jenkins) Holden
[b. Shirley, Mass., May 3, 1856]. Res. Shirley and Ayer,
Mass. Child: i. Seth Chandler Holden, b. Apr. 24, 1884;
d. May 18, 1897.
133. vii. James Cornelius, b. Greenville, June 12, 1861. -(-
134. viii. George Henry, b. Winchendon, Mass., Dec. 15, 1863.+
135. ix. Daniel Lyman, b. Winchendon, Mass., Aug. 6, 1866; m. Sept.
28, 1898, Gertrude Virginia Estey. He is a very skilful
machinist and inventor, and is superintendent of the
Chandler Planer Co. of Ayer, Mass. He has also several
other very useful inventions of earlier date than the planer.
136. X. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Fitchburg, Mass., June 14, 1868; m.
Mar. 4, 1897, Alvah B. Mosher. Res. Ayer, Mass. Chil-
dren : i. Minta Julia Mosher, h. May 2, 1898. ii. Elva
Harriet Mosher, b. July 22, 1899. iii. Edna Florence
Mosher, b. Jan. 31, 1903. iv. Ruth Lola Mosher, b. Mar. 31,
1905 ; d. July 14, 1906. v. Chandler Benjamin Mosher, b.
Oct. 13, 1907.
137. xi. Gertrude Esther, b. Greenville, Aug. 16, 1870. Res. Ayer,
Mass.
138. xii. Charles Willard, b. New Ipswich, Mar. 21, 1872; d. June 24,
1890.
139. xiii. Lucy Eliza, b. New Ipswich, July 19, 1874; m. Aug. 8, 1897,
Waldo Whitman, son of John H. and Lydia (Doloff)
Sprague [b. Manchester, Aug. 27, 1877]. He has a position
in the express business at Ayer, Mass. Child : i. Lyman
Chandler Sprague, b. July 18, 1902.
70. JMarshall Warren^ (James", Roger^, James*, James^,
SamueF, Roger^), b. Dec. 15, 1831; d. Jan. 19, 1912; m. Sept.
7, 1854, Elizabeth Sterne, dau. of Clark B. and Harriet (Mead)
Campbell [b. Putney, Vt., Oct. 10, 1834; d. Aug. 24, 1910].
He was a machinist at Winchendon, Mass., until failing sight
compelled the cessation of such labor. He was selectman,
also a trustee of the Savings Bank in that town for nearly
thirty years, and a deacon for a longer period. Children :
140. i. Harriet Campbell, b. July 13, 1855; d. Nov. 1, 1888; m.
Charles A. Adams [b. Oct., 1856]. He was a druggist at
Winchendon and afterward at Gardner, Mass., where she
died. Child: i. Bernice Chandler Adams, b. Mar. 16, 1878;
m. June 21, 1899, Charles Allen Loring of New Rochelle,
N. Y. Two sons.
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71. Charles Henry^ (James^ Roger^ James*, James',
SamueP, Roger^), b. Oct. 25, 1840; d. Mar. 29, 1912; m. Aug.
17, 1868, Eliza F., dau. of Hiram and Charlotte Adelia (Wil-
lard) Dwinnell [b. Ashburnham, Mass., Jan. 15, 1844; d.
Ripon, Wis., Oct. 28, 1894]. He fitted for college at New
Ipswich Appleton Academy, graduated from Dartmouth Col-
lege in 1868, and devoted his life to teaching. Before entering
college he taught for some years in the academy, and later in
three other New England academies. But after 1870 his at-
tention was given to mathematical and allied scientific work,
he having for ten years been a professor in Antioch College
of Yellow Springs, O., and since 1881 in Ripon (Wis.) Col-
lege, where he became Professor Emeritus in 1906. He then
came to New England to care for his invalid sister, and while
residing in New Ipswich was a member of the school board
for four years and worked for five years on this History of
the Town of New Ipswich. Children :
141. i. Elwyn Francis, b. Aug. 29, 1872; m. Sept. 7, 1900, Anna
Levina, dau. of John and Jane (Brown) McCumber [b.
Chinguacoushy, Ont.]. He graduated from Ripon College
in 1894, and studied for two years at the State University
of Wisconsin. In 1899 he became an instructor in the
State University of North Dakota, where he is now pro-
fessor in charge of the Civil Engineering course. He also
has been State Engineer of North Dakota, and holds a
U. S. engineering commission in supervision of some
branches of survey work carried forward in Dakota.
142. ii. Edith Beatrice, b. Feb. 26, 1881. She graduated from Ripon
College in 1904, and has since been occupied by study in
the University of Chicago and in Europe, and by teaching
the modern languages.
79. John Henry'^ (Henry P.®, Roger^, James*, James^,
SamueP, Roger^), b. Lowell, Mass., Sept. 28, 1843; m. (1) Jan.
17, 1867, Augusta Porter of Shirley, Mass.; (2) June, 1879,
Abbie Smith [d. Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 10, 1888] ; (3) July 20,
1893, Clarinda Smith. He learned the machinist's trade and
has followed it during most of his life at Ballardvale, Mass.,
and Indian Orchard, Mass. He was engaged for a few years
in fruit culture at San Jose, Cal. Children :
143. i. Henry Porter, b. Indian Orchard, Mar. 3, 1880; m. Joliet,
111., Helen Firman Mack. He studied for two years at
Stanford University, and then transferring to Harvard
University graduated there in 1901. He was next an in-
structor in the University of Chicago and president's secre-
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tary, being also a law student, and later he was admitted
to the bar in that city.
144. ii. Ethel, b. Indian Orchard, Aug. 28, 1881. She graduated
from Mt. Holyoke College in 1905.
145. iii. Grant, b. Ballardvale, Aug. 15, 1885. He graduated from
Harvard College.
84. Jesse hJ (Henry P.*', Roger^, James*, James^, SamueP,
Roger!), b. Oct. 14, 1863; m. July 3, 1883, Hattie G. Shaw.
He is a machinist at Lawrence, Mass. Child:
146. i. Charles, d. in infancy.
85. John Henry^ (James M.®, John^, James*, James^, Sam-
uel-, Roger^), b. South Boston, Mass., Aug. 26, 1845; m. Nov.
19, 1869, Annette Aullen. He has passed his life since early
boyhood in his ancestral town, Tewksbury, Mass., where he
has been town clerk. Child :
147. i. Bertha J., b. June 20, 1876.
91. HiRAM Stevens'^ (James M.'', John^, James*, James^,
SamueP, Roger^), b. Tewksbury, Mass., June 12, 1857; m. Oct.
20, 1881, Theresa Schmidt [b. Tewksbury, Oct. 12, 1861].
He is a farmer in his native town. Children :
148. i. Hiram Thaddeus, b. Oct. 2, 1883.
149. ii. George William, b. Oct. 10, 1885.
150. iii. Andrew James, b. Sept. 22, 1890.
94. Jeremiah Kittredge^ (James*^, John^, James*, James^,
SamueP, Roger^), b. Tewksbury, Mass., Sept. 30, 1863; m.
Nov. 26, 1884, Catherine, dau. of Thaddeus and Catherine L.
(Sotting) Schmidt [b. Tewksbury, June, 1863]. He is a
farmer of Tewksbury, living near the ancestral farm. Chil-
dren :
151. i. Alice Gertrude, b. Feb. 27, 1886; m. Dec. 20, 1906, Irving.
152. ii. Larkin Trull Thorndike, b. Oct. 3, 1888.
153. iii. William Albert, b. Nov., 1890.
97. Jeremiah Kittredge^ (Jeremiah^, John^ James*,
James^ SamueP, Roger^), b. Tewksbury, Mass., Aug. 7, 1854;
d. Jan. 3, 1881 ; m. Mar., 1876, Mary Eva Burton (3). He was
a farmer of his native town, where he died. Children :
154. i. Annie Frances, b. Oct. 21, 1876; m. Oct. 2, 1892, Walter S.
Thayer (21).
155. ii. Nellie, b. Nov. 21, 1878; d. Aug. 20, 1879.
156. iii. Harry Hersey, b. May 28, 1880.+
105. Charles Henry^ (James M.^ DanieP, James*, James^
SamueP, Roger^), b. Ballston, Ore., Apr. 8, 1864; m. June 24,
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1885, Althea Genia Cox. He is a farmer and stock raiser,
and has res. successively at Langlois, Grand Ronde, and
Bandon, Ore. Child :
157. i. Vernon Vance, b. Langlois, Ore., Jan. 14, 1890.
112. George Prentiss^ (Daniel®, Daniel^, James*, James^,
SamueP, Roger^), b. Albion, Ind., Mar. 26, 1857; m. Dayton,
O., Mar. 10, 1892, Ella Wright. He was a teacher in Pennsyl-
vania, and a traveling salesman for school supplies; in 1885
he entered business with his brother Charles W. as dealers
in coal and building supplies at Xenia, O., where he continued
until 1891, since which time he has been a member of the
Knoxville Supply Co., Knoxville, Tenn. He also is proprietor
of a coal mine at Briceville, Tenn. Children :
159. i. Jamison Wright, b. Oct. 18, 1895 ; d. Oct. 19, 1895.
160. ii. William Lindsley Wright, b. Apr. 8, 1898.
122. Herbert Warren* (James LJ, James**, Roger^,
James*, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. Apr. 2, 1856; m. Apr. 16,
1884, Carrie Mary Hannah Blanchard (50). He is a merchant
and mechanic at Smithville, where he is also postmaster.
Children :
161. i. James Oilman, b. Dec. 23, 1887; d. Feb. 6, 1888.
162. ii. George Blanchard, b. Dec. 9, 1888; d. Dec. 9, 1888.
163. iii. Robert Levi, b. June 5, 1894.
164. iv. Lyman Marshall, b. Apr. 22, 1899.
124. William Henry* (James L.^ James**, Roger^ James*,
James^ SamueF, Roger^), b. Nov. 22, 1863; m. Oct. 30, 1887,
Henrietta Florence, dau. of Henry and Rachel A. (Giddings)
Stiles [b. Temple, Mar. 10, 1866]. He has been successively
a farmer in New Ipswich, a merchant in Ashby, Mass., and a
farmer in Ashburnham, Mass. Child:
165. i. Ernest Henry, b. July 20, 1892.
133. James Cornelius* (George W.^ James«, Roger",
James*, James^ SamueP, Roger^), b. June 12, 1861; m. Oct.
29, 1885, Ellen Maria, dau. of Albert Freeman and Lydia
Maria (Burgess) Wright. He is a blacksmith, and has res.
successively at Ayer, Mass., Nashua, and New Ipswich. He
has been a selectman in New Ipswich. Children :
166. i. George Freeman, b. May 16, 1889.
167. ii. Cora Lydia, b. June 6, 1892; m. Carl L. Chandler. One
daughter, Madeleine Harriet, b. July 27, 1911.
168. iii. James Ralph, b. Dec. 12, 1898.
169. iv. Gladys Ellen, b. Oct. 26, 1901.
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134. George Henry^ (George W/, James®, Roger^. James*,
James^, SamueP, Roger^, b. Dec. 15, 1863; m. Dec. 24, 1891,
Annie V. Webber [b. Buxton, Me., Dec. 23, 1873]. He is a
machinist at Ayer, Mass. Children :
170. i. Lucy Elizabeth, b. Jan. 2, 1894.
171. ii. Lyman Everett, b. Feb. 25, 1895 ; d. Aug. 26, 1895.
172. iii. Eva Henrietta, b. Nov. 10, 1896.
173. iv. Avis Burns, b. Mar. 17, 1899.
174. v. Dorothy Chaplin, b. July 16, 1901.
175. vi. Charles Henry, b. May 13, 1905.
156. Harry Hersey^ (Jeremiah K.'', Jeremiah", John^,
James^, James^, SamueP, Roger^), b. Tewksbury, Mass., May
28, 1880; m. Dec. 3, 1903, Georgie Hurd Colwell of St. John,
N. B. He is a member of the Chandler Non-Skidding Chain
Co., New York city. Children :
176. i. Paul Douglas, b. July 5, 1905.
177. ii. Ruth Josephine, b. Dec, 1906.
178. iii. Olive Easter, b. Apr. 24, 1908.
Samuel Chandler, formerly a sailor, occupied the "Breed
farm," 82, A. D., for several years about 1850-1860, but ap-
parently he was not a member of either of the families con-
sidered here.
CHANDLER (William).
William' Chandler, d. 1641; m. Annis [d. Mar. 17, 1683].
With wiie and four children he settled in Roxbur/ in 1637. His v^^idow^
m. (1) John Dane; (2) John Parmenter of Sudbury. The church records
say "1683 m. 1; d. 17; died old Mother Parmenter a blessed saint."
Thomas' (William'), b. about 1630; d. 1703; m. Hannah Brewer
of Andover [b. about 1630; d. Oct. 25, 1717]. He was one of the early
settlers in Andover, Mass., and represented that town in the General
Court. From him Hon. William Eaton"" Chandler, U. S. Senator from
New Hampshire, is a descendant (John^ John', John°, John^ John',
Nathan^ Nathan S."). His lineage does not appear in the published
history of the family, but was discovered later and preserved by the
author of that work.
William' (William'), b. about 1634; d. 1698; m. (1) 1658, Mary,
dau. of Dr. John and Eleanor (Clark) Dane [b. Ipswich, Mass., 1638;
d. Andover, Mass., May 10, 1679] ; (2) Oct., 1679, Bridget, dau. of Maj.
Thomas Henchman of Concord and Chelmsford [b. as early as 1631; d.
Mar. 6, 1731]. He was a brickmaker at Andover, and afterward an
innkeeper on the "Ipswich road to Billerica."
William' (Thomas', William'), b. May 28, 1659; m. Apr., 1687,
Eleanor Phelps, who was admitted to the church in Westford, Mass., in
1728, being then a widow.
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William' (WilIiam^ William'), b. Jan. 31, 1661; d. Oct. 27, 1727; m.
Sarah Buckminster of Andover, Mass. [b. about 1661; d. Oct. 19, 1735].
He was a farmer in Andover. From him Hon. Zachariah' Chandler,
U. S. Senator from Michigan, was descended (Zachariah\ Thomas^
Zachariah', Samuel').
Joseph^ (William^ William'), b. 1679; d. Apr. 23, 1734; m. Mehitable
Russell. Res. at Andover, Mass.
William' (William^ Thomas^ William'), b. July 20, 1689; d. July
27, 1756; m. Susanna Burge of Westford, Mass. He seems to have been
a resident at Billerica and also at Chelmsford, Mass., for a considerable
time, but he died at Westford, Mass.
JosiAH* (William^ William% William'), b. Dec. 28, 1683; d. Aug. 12,
1752; m. Sarah Ingals. He was a farmer in Andover, Mass.
1. Mehitable* (Joseph^, William-, William^), b. Andover,
Mass.; m. (1) Feb. 7, 1732, Robert Crosby of Townsend,
Mass.; (2) Nov. 26, 1745, Andrew Spaulding (1).
Moses' (William', William', Thomas=, William'), b. Aug. 19, 1720;
d. Wilton, Me., Mar. 16, 1800; m. (1) June 28, 1742, Dorothy Marble
[b. Sept. 23, 1719; d. Apr. 11, 1760]; (2) Mar. 19, 1762, Elizabeth Kendal
of Litchfield [b. May, 1725; d. Sept. 7, 1806]. He was a blacksmith. He
served in the French War. Removed to Winthrop, Me., where he was
a member of the Committee of Inspection and Safety.
2. JoHN^ (William*, William^ Thomas', William^), b.
Chelmsford, Mass., Sept. 27, 1725; d. Jan. 10, 1812; m. Feb.
14, 1754, Lydia Taylor of Townsend, Mass. He was one of
the very early settlers in New Ipswich, and he agreed to build
mills there, the sawmill to be in operation as early as the last
of October, 1750, and the cornmill within the following year.
In consideration of this agreement he received a full town
right including the falls near the present High Bridge, he
giving bonds for £400 new tenor, amounting in value to about
$140, for satisfactory performance of the contract. The mills
were built and kept in running order for ten years, and despite
occasional complaints concerning the service, it may be be-
lieved that they proved as efficient as could reasonably have
been expected under the conditions of the time and place. In
1768 he sold the business to Capt. Eleazer Cummings and re-
moved to Winthrop, Me., where he made a similar contract.
He was chairman of the first board of selectmen in his new
location, as also in later years town treasurer for a long time,
and he seems to have been a leading citizen. He was father
of a numerous family, three children being added to the nine
borne upon the New Ipswich records. Children:
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7. i. John, b. Nov. 27, 1754; m. June 10, 1783, Hannah Streeter
[b. Mar. 15, 1765; d. Jan. 11, 1854]. He succeeded to his
father's mills in Winthrop, Me. Fifteen children.
8. ii. Noah, b. Apr. 25, 1756. He is said to have served in the
Revolution, to have been taken prisoner, and held despite
an offer from his father to give a negro in exchange, an
offered ransom the value of which may perhaps be esti-
mated by his later sale for a gun and a watch.
9. iii. Joel, b. Sept. 10, 1757; d. Apr. 11, 1794; m. Deborah Jennings
[b. Sandwich, Mass., Dec. 7, 1760; d. Feb., 1848]. He was
a farmer at Winthrop, Me. Six children.
10. iv. Lydia, b. July 4, 1759 ; m. Seth Delano.
11. V. Keziah, b. Apr. 17, 1761.
12. vi. Molly, b. Mar. 9, 1763; d. Jan. 5, 1788; m. Sept., 1780, Dr.
Moses Wing of South Wayne, Me., and also of Winthrop.
Four children.
13. vii. Lucy, b. Mar. 7, 1765; m. Ebenezer Wing of South Wayne,
Me. Five children.
14. viii. Susanna, b. July 22, 1766; d. Jan. 7, 1771.
15. ix. Hannah, b. Jan. 12, 1768; m. Sept. 20, 1786, Daniel Marrow,
Jr. Res. in Winthrop. Nine children.
16. x. Rhoda, b. Aug. 21, 1769; m. Ichabod Wing, a farmer of Read-
field, Me.
17. xi. Susanna, b. Sept. 3, 1772.
18. xii. David, b. Jan. 28, 1775.-|-
3. Rachel^ (William*, William^, Thomas^, William^), b.
Apr. 2, 1732; m. Thomas Spaulding (5). Removed to New
Ipswich.
4. Lydi.\^ (William*, William^ Thomas^, William^), b.
Dec. 10, 1735 ; m. Dec. 22, 1757, Jonah Crosby of New Ipswich.
5. Sarah^ (William*, William^ Thomas^, William:^), b.
IMar. 18, 1739; m. Benjamin^ Spaulding (James*, Andrew^).
David' (Josiah\ William^ William^ William'), b. Dec. 15, 1724; d.
Feb. 11, 1776; m. Aug. 30, 1750, Mary, dau. of Timothy and Hannah'
(John', John', Thomas', William*) (Chandler) Bullard of Andover. He
was lieutenant in command of a Provincial company at Cambridge, when
he contracted smallpox, which caused his death.
6. Dorothy^ (Moses^ William*, William^ Thomas^ Wil-
liam^), b. July 4, 1752; m. Bunker Clark of New Ipswich.
Daniel" (David', Josiah\ William', William\ William'), b. July 9,
1754; m. Joanna Stevens. He served in the Revolutionary War, and was
afterward a farmer in Milford, whence he removed to Putney, Vt.
Daniel' (Daniel", David', Josiah\ William', William', William'), b.
Mar. 4, 1777; d. Mar. 25, 1845; m. Sally, dau. of Dea. Solomon Danforth
of Merrimac [b. Mar. 20, 1784; d. Mar. 26, I860]. He lived in Merrimac,
where he kept a tavern for a time.
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19. Sewell Osgood^ (DanieF, Daniel®, David^, Josiah*,
William^ William^, William^), b. Sept. 11, 1805; d. Aug. 24,
1877; m. (1) Aug. 2, 1832, Rebecca Chickering (7); (2) Apr.
29, 1861, Mary P. Jefts (4), widow of Jacob Blodgett. He
came to New Ipswich soon after the death of his father-in-law,
Abner Chickering, and settled upon his farm, remaining there
fifteen years or more, and then two or three years later re-
moving to Iowa. He was selectman for several years. Child :
20. i. James Osgood, b. Nov. 4, 1836; m. Aug. 24, 1864, Inez M.,
dau. of Morrill and Mary E. (Wright) Young of Man-
chester. He is a printer. He served in the Civil War,
first in the 2d New Hampshire Regiment, from which he
was discharged in 1863 on account of disability, and second
in 1864 as captain of a company of the 1st Heavy Artillery
which he had recruited. Child : i. Grace, b. 1865.
CHAPMAN.
Edward* Chapman, d. Apr. 18, 1678; m. (1) at Rowley, Mass., Mar.,
1642, Mary, dau. of Mark and Joanna Symonds of Ipswich, Mass. [d.
June 10, 1658] ; (2) Dorothy, dau. of Richard Swan, and widow of
Thomas Abbot [m. (2) Archelaus Woodman of Newbury]. He came
from Yorkshire, England, to Boston about 1639; res. for a time in Rowley,
and then made his home in Ipswich, Mass., of which he was one of the
grantees.
SiMON^ (Edward'), b. Rowley, 1643; d. Ipswich, Aug. 25, 1735; m.
Mar. 21, 1666, Mary, dau. of John and Mary Brewer of Ipswich. Res.
in Ipswich, where he was a carpenter.
Edward' (Simon^ Edward*), b. May 11, 1669; m. Mary [d. 1740
or later].
Daniel* (Edward^ Simon^ Edward*), d. 1745 or later; m. 1733, Mary
(or Mercy) Jewett. He was a weaver at Boxford, Mass.
Daniel^ (Daniel*, Edward', Simon^ Edward*), b. Boxford, Mass.,
1740; m. about 1760, Hephzibah Howe of Ipswich, Mass. [d. July 6, 1799].
Dudley" (Daniel', Daniel*, Edward', Simon', Edward*), b. May 19,
1765; d. Oct. 17, 1832; m. Nov. 15, 1790, Elizabeth Wheaton [b. about
1760; d. Nov. 29, 1826]. Res. in Londonderry, whence he removed in
1788 to Peterboro.
Daniel' (Dudley', Danier, Daniel*, Edward', Simon', Edward*), b.
May 8, 1794; d. Nov. 11, 1832; m. Mar. 11, 1824, Peggy, dau. of William
Cowing [b. 1797; d. May 22, 1867].
1. Gates^ (Dudley®, DanieF, Daniel*, Edward^, Simon-,
Edward^), b. Feb. 8, 1798; d. Mar. 23, 1873; m. at Meredith,
Apr. 24, 1824, Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Mash)
Burnham [b. June 16, 1807; d. Jan. 14, 1889]. He came to
New Ipswich in early manhood, and passed his life as a ma-
chinist in Bank Village, where he died. Children :
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3. i. Gates, b. at Meredith, Apr. 27, 1825.+
4. ii. Mary Elizabeth, b. New Ipswich, Oct. 11, 1827; m. Jan. 21,
1851, Augustus Charles, son of Joshua and Harriet C.
Kenrick [b. Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 16, 1826; d. Mar. 29,
1890]. He was a painter. Child: i. Charles Adelbert
Kenrick, b. Dec. 27, 1852; d. Oct. 11, 1858.
Harriet A., b. June 5, 1829; d. May 19, 1837.
Hannah Maria, b. Apr. 11, 1831; m. July 15, 1851, Charles
B. Preston (56).
George Augustus, b. Aug. 18, 1834.+
Charles H., b. Jan. 1, 1837. +
James Wheaton, b. June 17, 1839.-|-
Edward W., b. May 3, 1845.+
Edwin W., b. May 3, 1845.+
Albert H., b. Sept. 27, 1849; m. Dec. 25, 1872, Janette H.
Houghton. A machinist at West Upton, Mass.
2. William Wallace^ (DanieP, Dudley", Daniel^, Daniel*,
Edward^, Simon^ Edward^), b. Apr., 1827; d. June, 1881; m.
Sept. 21, 1856, Lydia A. Hannaford. For several years before
and after their marriage they were in the employ of Samuel
Holden on the eastern side of Whittemore Hill, but in 1863
they removed to Ashburnham, Mass. Children :
13. i. Charles H.
14. ii. Fred W.+
15. iii. Kate M.
16. iv. Nellie M.
17. V. Jessie D.
18. vi. Hattie F.
3. Gates^ (Gates^, Dudley*', DanieP, Daniel*, Edward^,
Simon^, Edward^, b. Apr. 27, 1825; m. (1) May 13, 1846,
Elvira Jefts (11); (2) Sept. 9, 1847, Ann Sophia, dau. of
Thomas and Mary Adams [b. Wilton, Aug. 21, 1829; d. Sept.
7, 1871] ; (3) Sarah Helen, dau. of Levi and Abby S. Talbot
[b. Gardiner, Me., Jan. 25, 1838]. Children:
19. i. Augusta Elvira, b. Apr. 9, 1847; d. June 17, 1858.
20. ii. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1848; m. Sept. 26, 1866, Edward
Wallace, son of Edward and Fanny Merrick [b. Hubbards-
ton, Mass., May 22, 1843]. Res. Holden, Mass., where he
is a bookkeeper, also deputy sheriff. Child : i. Lula Frances
Merrick, b. July 24, 1867 ; m. Apr. 2, 1890, John Goldthwaite.
21. iii. Harriet Arabella, b. Shirley, Mass., Apr. 25, 1851; d. July
1, 1852.
22. iv. Thomas Gates, b. Millbury, Mass., Dec. 16, 1856; d. Nov.
5, 1884; m. June 21, 1874, Eliza J., dau. of Charles and Mary
A. Howard [b. Sept. 15, 1857]. Child: i. Ernest Gates, b.
Mar. 4, 1876; d. Mar. 7, 1876.
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23. V. Charles Sumner, b. Millbury, Mass., Sept. 23, 1860; m. July
16, 1882, Bertha B., dau. of H. P. and Margaret B. Whitte-
more [b. West Boylston, Mass., Feb. 27, 1863]. Res. Wor-
cester, Mass., where he is a machinist.
24. vi. Ida May, b. Holden, Mass., Feb. 9, 1862; d. Dec. 31, 1865.
25. vii. Alfred Ellis, b. Holden, Mass., May 16, 1864; d. Sept. 16
1864.
26. viii. LiLLA Sophia, b. Holden, Mass., Sept. 12, 1867; d. Sept. 12,
1867.
27. ix. William H. Harrison, b. Holden, Mass., Oct. 29, 1873; d.
Nov. 2, 1884.
28. X. Benjamin Franklin, b. Holden, Mass., Aug. 27, 1875.
7. George Augustus^ (Gates'', Dudley^, Daniel^, Daniel*,
Edward^ Simon^, Edward^, b. Aug. 18, 1834; m. (1) Apr. 23,
1856, Lucrita A. S. Pheteplace [b. Sutton, Mass., Aug-. 30,
1835 ; d. Feb. 9, 1882] ; (2) Apr. 14, 1883, Nettie M. Pheteplace
[b. Bellows Falls, Vt., Nov. 16, 1840]. Children :
29. i. Nellie L. F., b. Millbury, Mass., Oct. 10, 1857; d. Winchen-
don, Mass., Sept. 22, 1868.
30. ii. Sylvia Florence, b. Winchendon, Mass., Aug. 24, 1859; m.
Sept. 16, 1879, Arthur D. Davis [b. Pawtucket, R. I., Jan.
23, 1858]. Children: i. Harry Garfield Dazis. b. May 12,
1881. ii. Arthur Frederick Davis, b. Dec. 3, 1883. iii.
Clarence Eugene Davis, b. Sept. 23, 1885.
31. iii. Edward Harry, b. Millbury, Mass., Mar. 9, 1869; m. Dec. 31,
1889, Delia St. Armand [b. St. Rosalie. P. Q., Dec. 11, 1870].
Child : i. Harry Edison, b. Dec. 27, 1892.
8. Charles H.^ (Gates^, Dudley'', DanieP, Daniel^ Ed-
ward^ Simon^, Edward^), b. Jan. 1, 1837; m. July 24, 1858,
Mary, dau. of John and Mary B. Crowe [b. Bellia, Ireland,
Dec. 3, 1835]. A mechanic in East Jaffrey. He served in the
10th New Hampshire Regiment during the Ciyil War. Chil-
dren:
Z2. i. Edward H., b. Nov. 6, 1859; m. Margaret, dau. of James and
Bridget Mitchell [b. Winchendon, Mass., July 10, 1861].
A coachman at East Jaffrey. Children : i. Frederick H.,
b. Aug. 27, 1882. ii. Sidney £.. b. Nov. 28, 1883.
33. ii. Mary Loretta, b. Dec. 7, 1865; m. Dec. 26, 1885, Peter E.,
son of William and Bridget S. Hogan of East Cambridge,
Mass. He is a butcher.
9. James Wheaton^ (Gates^ Dudley^ DanieF, Daniel^
Edward^ Simon^, Edward^), b. June 17, 1839; m. (1) Aug. 28,
1860, Harriet M., dau. of Peter and Susan (Russell) Tufts
[b. June 20, 1839; d. Dec. 13, 1869] ; (2) Hornellsville, N. Y.,
Nov. 17, 1875, Carrie E., dau. of Harvey and Caroline D.
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Cooper [b. Feb. 24, 1850]. A salesman and railroad engineer.
Children :
34. i. Ada Florence, b. Dunkirk, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1864; m. Oct. 8,
1893, Burt J. Blackmer. Res. Buffalo, N. Y.
35. ii. Percy W., b. Aug. 11, 1866; d. Sept. 27, 1869.
10. Edward W.^ (Gates^ Dudley®, DanieP, Daniel*. Ed-
ward^ Simon^, Edward^), b. May 3, 1845; m. Aug. 27, 1870,
Sarah G., dau. of George W. and Lovina S. Jones [b. Rindge,
Apr. 7, 1851]. Res. West Townsend, Mass. 'Child :
36. i. Perley Gates, b. Apr. 28. 1872; d. Oct. 8, 1872.
11. Edwin W.^ (Gates% Dudley®, DanieP, Daniel*, Ed-
ward^ Simon^, Edward^), b. May 3, 1845; m. Dec. 1, 1866,
Melvina, dau. of Ansel and Octavia (Burrell) Baxter [b. Nov.
14, 1842]. A farmer at South Ashburnham, Mass. Children:
Z7. i. Lillian I., b. Nov. 2, 1876.
38. ii. Mary L, b. Mar. 30, 1879.
14. Fred W.^ (William Wallace^, DanieP, Dudley®, Dan-
ieP, DanieP, Edward^, Simon^, Edward^), m. Bertha Wheeler
(193). Children:
39. i. Zettie Ginevra, b. Jan. 31, 1881; m. 1900, Orrin W. Eaton.
Children : i. Howard Eaton, b. Feb. 24, 1901 ; d. Feb. 27,
1901. ii. Zettie Katherine Eaton, b. May 20, 1908.
40. ii. George Wallace, b. Mar. 16, 1884; m. Anna Woodward. A
farmer and woodturner. Res. below Walker's several years,
since 1892 at Hodgkins corner. Children : i. Child b. and
d. May IS, 1907. ii. Fred Augustus, b. Nov. 8, 1908. iii.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Feb. 19, 1910; d. Apr. 8, 1910.
41. iii. Leda Hannaford, b. Oct. 27, 1890; m. July 21, 1906, Clarence
Blake. Child : i. Elisabeth Eliza Blake, b. Feb. 16, 1908.
CHICKERING.
Nathaniel* Chickering, b. Oct. 8, 1647, prob. at Wrentham, Eng-
land; d. Dedham, Mass., Oct. 21, 1694; m. (1) Dec. 30, 1668, Mary, dau.
of Samuel and Mary Judson [b. 1647] ; (2) Dec. 23, 1674, Lydia, dau. of
Capt. Daniel and Abigail (Marriott) Fisher of Dedham, Mass. [b. July
14, 1652; d. July 17, 1737]. She had previously lived in Hadley, Mass.,
and there had a part in the care of the concealed regicides, Goffe and
Whalley. His name appears on the Dedham tax-list as early as 1669.
In 1694 he settled in that part of Dedham which is now Dover, where he
owned 1000 acres of land. The site of his home on that land has re-
mained in the possession of his descendants to the present time.
Nathaniel' (Nathaniel'), b. Mar. 28, 1677; d. Jan. 16, 1746/7; m.
(1) Aug. 24, 1700, Mary, dau. of James and Hannah Sharp [b. Jan. 23,
1677; d. Sept. 1, 1715]; (2) July 26, 1716, Deborah, dau. of Joseph and
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Deborah (Colburn) Wight [b. July 25, 1684]. He was one of the se-
lectmen of Dedham and also a deacon.
John' (NathanieP, Nathaniel'), b. Aug. 23, 1715; m. (1) Mary Dew-
ing; (2) Jan. 9, 1766, Mrs. Elizabeth Gay of Dedham. He responded to
the Lexington alarm.
1. Abner* (John^ Nathaniel, Nathaniel^, b. Holden.
Mass., Oct. 5, 1766; d. July 25, 1841; m. (1) Apr. 19, 1792,
Eunice, dan. of Dea. Amos and Thankful (Minot) Dakin of
Mason [b. about 1777; d. May 7, 1804]; (2) May 9, 1805,
Lydia Stratton (S. 4), widow of Caleb Campbell (2). He set-
tled in Mason soon after reaching his majority and was a
blacksmith in that town until about 1805, when he removed
to New Ipswich, and passed his remaining years on the
"Knowlton place," (22, N. D.,) where he was a farmer, al-
though not entirely forsaking his former trade. His home
was in the house now standing upon the east side of the brook.
Children :
2. i. Mary, m. Sept. 26, 1816, Josiah G. Heald.
3. ii. Samuel, b. Feb. 18, l796.-f
4. iii. Jonas, b. 1798.+
5. iv. Melinda, m. Vent.
6. V. Eliza, m. Dec. 19, 1822, Ariel Godding (2).
7. vi. Rebecca, b. Sept. 3, 1803; d. Sept. 28, 1850; m. Aug. 2, 1832,
Sewell O. Chandler (W. 19).
8. vii. Charles, b. about 1807.-|-
3. Samuel^ (Abner*. John^ Nathaniel', NathanieP), b.
Feb. 18, 1796; d. May 18, 1836; m. Dec. 31, 1821, Julia Boutelle
of Lancaster, Mass. [d. Aug. 9, 1866]. He was a farmer and
stonemason living upon the same lot as his father, in the house
upon the west side of the brook. Children :
9. i. Eliza Ann, b. 1823; d. 1862; m. Feb. 4, 1853, Abraham Cram
of Pittsfield.
Charles, b. Nov. 5, 1825. -f-
JosiAH Boutelle, b. Aug. 10, 1827.+
George, b. July 4, 1829.+
JuLiA Maria, b. Aug. 10, 1831 ; m. May 17, 1855, Archelaus
C. Dakin, a machinist at Clinton, Mass. One daughter,
d. in infancy.
Abbie Boutelle, b. Dec. 10, 1833; d. Apr. 26, 1854, unm.
Harriet Atwood, b. July 28, 1835; m. Sept. 1, 1860, George M.
Sawyer, a jeweler at Clinton, Mass. Two sons, both dead.
16. viii. Ellen Frances, b. June 23, 1836; d. Apr. 25, 1856, unm.
4. JoNAS^ (Abner*, John^, Nathaniel, Nathaniel), b. 1798;
d. Dec. 8, 1853; m. Eliza Harrington. He learned the trade
of a cabinet-maker in his early years, and in early manhood
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entered the employ of a piano manufacturer of Boston. At
a very early age he had shown a natural musical ability, and
in a small way had applied his mechanical skill to musical
instruments. This natural inclination was farther developed
by his city occupation, and at the age of twenty-eight he was
conducting his own business as a manufacturer and had en-
tered upon the process of development and improvement
which gave the "Chickering Piano" its eminent position. The
union in his character of the mechanic, the artist, and the
merchant is indicated by his having been president of the
Handel and Haydn Musical Society and the Massachusetts
Mechanic Association. He was a member of the Massachu-
setts Legislature. His three sons were associated with him
as "Chickering & Sons." Children :
17. i. Thomas E., b. 1824; d. 1871.
18. ii. C Frank, b. 1827; d. 1891.
19. iii. George H., b. 1830; d. 1898.
20. iv. Anna, b. 1830; d. 1898; m. Wilcox.
8. Charles^ (Abner*, John^, NathanieP, Nathaniel^), b.
about 1807; d. Aug., 1863; m. Mar., 1831, Julia Ann Obear (6).
Soon after his marriage he removed to Pittsfield, where he
v/as a merchant, and also served as deputy sheriff. His chil-
dren were born in that town. Later he returned to New
Ipswich, where he remained for nearly twenty years, at first
upon the family farm and later in the Center Village. He
was postmaster for several years. During a few of his last
years he kept a hotel at Groton Junction, (now Ayer,) Mass.,
where he died. Children :
21. i. Abby Jane, b. 1832; d. 1907; m, Oct. 10, 1855, Henry Eddy,
an overseer in the carpet works at Clinton, Mass. Two
children.
22. ii. Julia Ann, b. Dec. 8, 1834; m. Nov. 3, 1853, George N. Lowe
23. iii. Charles Abner, b. and d. 1836.
24. iv. Charles Abner, b. 1838; d. 1895; m. Jeannette Gordon. Res.
Lancaster, Mass. Children : i. Edith. ii. Louise, iii.
Arthur, iv. Benson, v. Horace.
10. Charles^ (SamueP, Abner*, John^ NathanieP, Nathan-
iel), b. Nov. 5, 1825; d. Sept. 18, 1903; m. Denmark, Iowa,
Nov. 24, 1859, Hattie Kenny. In 1857 he removed to Iowa,
which was his home for the rest of his life. He lived at
Denmark, near Red Oak, and at Elliott. His principal busi-
ness was that of a farmer. He served in the Civil War, being
a member of the First Iowa Cavalry. One child.
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11. JosiAH BouTELLE« (SamucP, Abner*, John^, Nathaniel^,
NathanieP), b. Aug. 10, 1827; d. Dec. 5, 1881; m. Sarah
Brown. He removed to Cincinnati, O., where he established
and maintained for many years "Chickering Academy," after-
ward "Chickering Institute," a highly successful boys' school.
Children:
25. i. Addie Linwood, b. 1858; m. Nelville Hoff, dean of the Dental
College of the University of Michigan.
26. ii. Clifford Cummings, b. Aug. 17, 1862. A member of the
firm of Chickering Bros., dealers in pianos, Chicago, 111.
27. iii. Fred Wiloby, b. Mar. 1, 1864. A member of the firm of
Chickering Bros., as above.
28. iv. Howard Everett, b. July 11, 1871. A business man of Cleve-
land, O.
29. v. Wallace W., b. Jan. 20, 1874. Also of Chickering Bros., as
above.
12. George^ (Samuel^ Abner*, John^ Nathanlel^ Nathan-
iel), b. July 4, 1829; d. Feb. 20, 1905; m. Oct. 10, 1852, Mary
Abigail, dau. of Jacob and Mary P. (4) (Jefts) Blodgett. He
was a farmer at Denmark, Iowa. Children :
30. i. Frank How^ard, b. Jan. 20, 1854. A music dealer at Omaha,
Neb.
31. ii. Henrietta, b. 1858; m. Edward Burton. Res. Cof?eeviIle,
Kans.
32. iii. Mary Ellen, b. about 1862; m. Edward Murphy, a farmer
at Burlington, Iowa.
33. iv. Ernest Dakin, b. Apr., 1871 ; unm. A farmer at Elliott, Iowa.
CLARK (Ebenezer).
Ebenezer^ Clark, m. Allen. Res. in Braintree, Mass.
1. Ebenezer^ (Ebenezer^), b. Braintree, Mass., 1754; d.
Nov. 24, 1835 ; m. 1778, Ruth, dau. of William. Wilde [b. about
1759; d. Feb. 4, 1840]. His home was in his native town until
1804, when he removed to Bedford, Mass., and thence, eight
years later, to Townsend, Mass., where he resided during most
of his remaining life. His last two or three years were passed
in New Ipswich, whither his second son, Benjamin A., had
come several years earlier. He rendered worthy service in
the Revolutionary War, at first as a private in the company
of Capt. Jacob Gould and regiment of Col. John Greaton, and
later as a sergeant in Washington's Life Guard. He was at
Bunker Hill, served during the siege of Boston, and had a part
at Princeton and Trenton and the famous crossing of the Dela-
ware. Children :
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2. i. Ebenezer. b. 1781; m. Mary Sampson. He had eleven chil-
dren, from whom the branch of the family in Townsend,
Mass., has descended.
3. ii. Ruth, b. 1783; d. Aug. 13, 1849; m. (1) Elias Poole of Brain-
tree, Mass. Children: i. Ruth Poole, ii. Mary Ann Poole;
m. (2) Castalio Hosmer (24).
4. iii. Mary, b. 1786; d. Jan. 10, 1883; m. Stephen Corbin [b. about
1782; d. Greenville, Jan. 22, 1855]. Res. in New Ipswich
several years. Children: i. Stephen Corbin, h. about 1806;
d. Apr. 22, 1862. ii. Salome Corbin, b. Jan. 26, 1808; d.
Oct. 5, 1897; m. (1) John Tolman; (2) Wood. iii.
Sarah Corbin. iv. Ruth Corbin, m. June 30, 1832, Reuben
Bacon, Jr. v. William W. Corbin, b. about 1820; d. May 2,
1847.
5. iv. Abigail, b. 1788; m. Jonathan Bacon of Bedford, Mass.
Seven children.
6. V. Sarah, b. 1790; m. Reuben Bacon of Bedford, Mass. Six
children.
7. vi. Benjamin Acer, b. l792.-\-
8. vii. James, b. 1794; d. Stoneham, Mass.; m. Hannah Hodgman.
Four children.
7. Benjamin Ager^ (Ebenezer^, Ebenezer^), b. 1792; d.
Nov. 12, 1870; m. 1812, Martha Hosmer (25). He came from
Townsend, Mass., to New Ipswich about 1825, and lived for
a few years on the Benjamin Hoar farm, (V: 2, S. R.,) being
occupied as a teamster to and from Boston, but later he bought
the Benjamin Adams Farm, (25, N. D.,) and resided there
until his death. Children :
9. i. Elvira, b. about 1812; d. Sterling, 1840; m. Jan., 1832, Samuel
Porter. Children : i. Fred Porter, ii. Henry Porter.
10. ii. John, b. 1814; m. Jan. 1, 1843, Sally Bond, dau. of Christo-
pher P. (22) and Nancy (Thompson) Hosmer. Res. in
Amherst.
11. iii. Leander, b. 1816.-(-
12. iv. Reuben B., b. 1818.+
13. V. Mary, b. 1820; m. Castalio Hosmer, Jr. (43).
14. vi. Benjamin Franklin, b. July 4, 1822.-|-
15. vii. George, b. July, 1824 ; d. Oct. 25, 1825.
16. viii. Maria A., b. Mar. 26, 1827; d. Sept., 1910; m. Aug., 1849,
Charles H. King (5).
17. ix. A son, b. Mar. 11, 1829; d. Mar. 27, 1829.
11. Leander* (Benjamin A.^ Ebenezer^ Ebenezer^), b.
1816; d. Washington, D. C. ; m. Laura Hosmer (42). He was
a man of literary tastes, and a small volume of his poems was
published. Children :
18. i. Alice, d. Washington, D. C. ; m. Dr. Wm. Green. One son,
19. ii. Frances, m. Brown.
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20. iii. Mary.
21. iv. Child, whose name is not known.
22. V. Child, whose name is not known.
12. Reuben B.'^ (Benjamin A.^, Ebenezer^, Ebenezer^), b.
1818; d. Sept. 8, 1894; m. (1) Dec. 26, 1848, Margaret E.
Thomas; (2) Oct. 2, 1879, Louisa Densmore. He resided in
Washing-ton, D. C, where he is said to have accumulated a
large property. Children :
23. i. Ida, (of first marriage,) m. Wm. C. Wood. Two sons.
24. ii. Reuben B., (of second marriage).
14. Benjamin Franklin* (Benjamin A.^ Ebenezer^, Eben-
ezer^), b. July 4, 1822; d. Minneapolis, Minn., 1893; m. Irene
Webber. He removed to Washington, D. C, in early man-
hood and there resided nearly forty years. The closing years
of his life were passed in Minneapolis, Minn. Children:
25. i. Ernest Franklin, m. Belle Doe. He has been a dentist in
Minneapolis since 1880. Children : i. Harry Oscar, m.
Gertrude Williams. One son. ii. Ernestine, m. Maurice
Bardwell. iii. Marion, m. Charles P. Taylor. One son.
26. ii. Harry Webber, d. Oct. 11, 1911; m. Lilla Phillbrook. He
was also a dentist in Minneapolis. Children : i. Phillbrook
Wilson, ii. Eleanor Bacon.
CLARK (Hugh).
Hugh' Clark, b. about 1613; d. July 30, 1693; m. Elizabeth [d.
Dec. 11, 1692]. He was at Watertown in 1641, and removed to Roxbury
in 1660.
Uriah= (Hugh'), b. June 5, 1644; d. July 26, 1721; m. (1) Oct., 1674,
Joanna, dau. of Thomas Holbrook of Braintree [b. about 1657; d. Feb.
28, 1682]; (2) 1682, Mary ; (3) Martha. He lived at Roxbury until
he was nearly fifty years old, when he removed to that part of Water-
town which is now Belmont. He was a selectman of Watertown.
Peter' (Uriah^ Hugh'), b. Mar. 12, 1693; d. June 10, 1768; m. Nov.
6, 1719, Deborah, dau. of Dea. Peter Hobart of Braintree [b. about 1702 ;
d. Feb. 28, 1765]. He graduated from Harvard College in 1712 and in
1717 became pastor of the church in Danvers, (then Salem Village,)
where in a pastorate of fifty-one years he was noted as a theologian.
Peter^ (Peter', Uriah=, Hugh'), b. Oct. 1, 1720; d. Nov. 13, 1747;
m. Oct. 22, 1741, Anna Porter of Danvers. He graduated from Harvard
College in 1739, but declined his father's profession and settled upon the
farm of his grandfather Hobart in Braintree. His widow m. Sept. 14,
1752, Thomas Faxon of Braintree.
Peter^ (PeterS Peter', Uriah^ Hugh'), b. Feb. 4, 1743; d. Oct. 14,
1826; m. Oct. 20, 1763, Hannah, dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Prescott)
Eppes of Braintree [b. about 1744; d. Dec. 21, 1814]. He removed from
Braintree to Lyndeboro, N. H., in 1775, and in 1777 received a captain's
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commission in the Provincial service. He held most of the important
town offices in after life, was a justice of the peace and a deacon for
many years.
1. John*' (Peter^ Peter*, Peter^, Uriah^, Hugh^), b. Jan. 4,
1785; d. Mar. 19, 1855; m. (1) Nov. 18, 1806, Margaret Rand
of Lyndeboro [d. Aug. 31, 1846] ; (2) Dec. 9, 1847, Nancy
Patterson of Greenfield. He came to New Ipswich in 1814,
and was an overseer in the Davis mills at the waterpower
afterward utilized by the Walker industries. Later he was
for several years upon the "Gould farm," (43, N. D.) He was
also for a time superintendent in the factory of Eleazer Brown.
The later years of his life were variously occupied in the
Center Village, his home being the house upon the north side
of the street midway between the Baptist church and the
street crossing at the foot of Meeting-house Hill, afterward
the residence of his son, Peter H., who replaced it with a new
building, since the residence of his daughter, granddaughter
and great-granddaughter. He was town clerk ten years, a
deacon thirty-five years, and also for a long time leader of the
Congregational choir. He was exceptionally fond of music
and was an early teacher of singing schools. Children :
2. i. Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1807; d. Sept. 24, 1841; m. Mar. 8, 1832,
Martin Ames.
3. ii. Hannah, b. June 16, 1809; d. Mar. 18, 1843; m. May 24, 1832,
William W. Johnson.
4. iii. Deborah, b. Oct. 12, 1811; d. June 18, 1865; m. Jan. 1, 1835,
Henry Adams (W. 81).
5. iv. John Prescott, b. Apr. 11, 1814. -(-
6. v. Peter Hobart, b. Dec. 11, 1816.-|-
7. vi. James Rand, b. Nov. 27, 1823.-^
5. John Prescott'^ (John®, Peter^ Peter*, Peter^, Uriahs
Hugh^), b. Apr. 11, 1814; d. Mar. 3, 1889; m. 1839, Mary Em-
erson, dau. of Lubim and Lydia (Burton) Rockwood of Wil-
ton [b. 1821; d. 1904]. He passed his life in New Ipswich,
being engaged in various mercantile pursuits. He lived in
Bank Village until 1854, where for about ten years, as a
partner of William W. Johnson, he was engaged in the man-
agement of a general store. Later he was the first conductor
on the Peterboro & Shirley railroad, as the line from Groton
Junction to Mason Village, (now Ayer to Greenville,) was
then termed. In 1854 he removed to the Center Village and
for a brief time was associated with Stephen Thayer in the
ownership of a store at the western corner of the turnpike and
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the old Mason Village road. He inherited very fully his
father's musical ability, which further descended to his chil-
dren, as was clearly evidenced by the entertainments of the
"Clark Troupe," composed of him and his brother Peter H.,
with members of their families. Children :
8. i. John Rockwood, b. May 25, 1840; d. May 28, 1840.
9. ii. John Emerson, b. June 29, 1842; d. Feb. 7, 1889; he was a
tin worker in Fitchburg, Worcester and Lancaster in Massa-
chusetts.
10. iii. Mary Ellen, b. Sept. 14, 1844; d. Aug. 14, 1878, unm. She
was a professional musician in Boston.
11. iv. William Willis, b. Mar. 3, 1846. He is a musical instructor
in Boston and vicinity.
12. V. Abbie Rockwood, b. Nov. 13, 1848; d. Aug. 31, 1903; m. (1)
Charles R. Ford [b. Dec. 22, 1848; d. Sept. 23, 1886]; (2)
Charles E. Berthoff. She was a professional musician of
Boston, both as a teacher and as a member of leading
concert companies.
13. vi. Frank Burton, b. Sept. 24, 1850. He was a fruit raiser in
Emmett, Colo.
14. vii. Charles Herbert, b. Feb. 14, 1852; m. Jan. 10, 1884, Jeanie
M. Herrick. He is a music teacher in New York City.
15. viii. Henrietta, b. Feb. 9, 1854; d. Aug. 14, 1868.
16. ix. Lizzie R., b. May 2, 1856; m. Albert F. Crowell, a bookkeeper
in Boston. Children : i. Clarence Albert Crowell, b. Mar.
2, 1876; d. Nov. 14, 1908. ii. Marian Follett Crowell, b.
Jan. 27, 1880; d. Oct. 10, 1898. iii. Herbert Clark Crowell,
b. Nov. 6, 1882; m. Oct. 4, 1904, Mabelle Aer of Boston.
He is a salesman in Boston. Two children.
6. Peter Hobart^ (John^ Peter^, Peter*, Peter^, Uriah^,
Hugh^), b. Dec. 11, 1816; d. Aug. 26, 1891; m. June 1, 1843,
Sarah Barnes, dau. of Jesse and Lydia (Barnes) Patten of
Temple [b. Jan. 18, 1826; d. Dec. 29, 1892]. He passed his
life in New Ipswich, living for many years in the house pre-
viously his father's. He was, first of all, a musician, and
around him, as bandmaster and both vocal and instrumental
instructor, the music of the town centered. His wife also was
for a long time a teacher in connection with the Academy,
and each member of his family had place in the "Clark
Troupe" mentioned above. He held an appointment as deputy
sheriff, and was also for ten or more years proprietor of
Clark's Hotel at the old stand on the turnpike next east from
the corner store, which under his care was a popular summer
resort. Children :
17. i. Margaret Barnes, b. Mar. 12, 1847 ; d. May 26, 1867.
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18. ii. Harriet Patten, b. Nov. 27, 1850; m. (1) Mar., 1870, George
L. Gates of Ashby, Mass.; (2) Jan. 31, 1878, William George
McKown of Boston [d. June 28, 1884]. Children: i. Ethel
McKown, b. Feb. 19, 1879; m. Oct. 28, 1896, Ralph E. Parker
of Boston (N. 14). ii. Annie McKown, b. Aug. 23, 1880;
d. June 16, 1881.
19. iii. Annie, b. Sept. 3, 1853; d. Mar. 16, 1860.
7. James Rand^ (John«, Peter^ Peter*, Peter^ Uriah^,
Hugh^), b. Nov. 27, 1823; d. Nov. 13, 1888; m. 1854, Elizabeth
Perkins. He was a dealer in sewing machines at Biddeford,
Me., of which city he was mayor for a time. Later he was
proprietor of a livery stable in Boston. Children :
20. i. Edmund Robert, b. Dec. 18, 1854; d. Nov., 1905; m. Mrs. Cora
Betts. A salesman in Boston.
21. ii. Walter Henry, b. Jan. 14, 1861 ; d. young.
22. iii. Eugene Lester, b. Jan. 14, 1861; d. June 11, 1907; m. Elenora
Gleason of Boston. He succeeded to his father's stable
business. Child : i. Elizabeth J., b. Aug. 13, 1899.
COLLINS.
1. Joseph^ Collins, b. about 1749; d. Jan. 10, 1836; m.
Lydia [b. about 1744; d. Dec. 14, 1835]. He had a small
farm upon the road from Smith Village to the Breed farms,
and built his house on the west side of that road just north
of the brook crossing it, (60, N. L. O.) The cellar is still
plainly visible.
2. Nathan^ (Joseph^), b. Aug. 4, 1785; d. Sept. 4, 1867;
m. Lucy D. Preast [b. Oct. 28, 1786; d. Dec. 28, 1863]. He
passed most of his life upon the same lot, his house, still oc-
cupied, being upon the east side of the road a quarter-mile
farther north than that of his father. Children ;
3. i. John Augustus, b. Jan. 8, 1814; d. Apr. 16, 1814.
4. ii. Nancy Woodbury, b. Jan. 3, 1816; m. John Pike.
CONANT.
Roger' Conant, son of Richard and Agnes (Clarke) Conant, b. East
Budleigh, County Devon, England, bapt. Apr. 9, 1592; d. Nov. 19, 1679;
m. Nov. 11, 1618, Sarah Horton. He came to Plymouth in 1623. He did
not settle permanently there, but removed to Nantasket (Hull) in 1624,
was at the Cape Ann settlement on what is now the west shore of
Gloucester Harbor in 1625, and in 1626 was apparently the head of the
colony at Naumkeag (Salem). He lived in the section which became
Beverly, and was a leader in the formation of that town.
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LoT^ (Roger'), b. about 1624; d. Sept. 29, 1674; m. Elizabeth, dau. of
Rev. William Walton, who survived him, and married Andrew Manslield
of Lynn. He lived for a time in Salem, but removed to IJeverly.
John' (Lot=, Roger'), b. Mar. 10, 1652; d. Sept. 30, 1724; m. May 7,
1678, Bithiah, dau. of Andrew and Bithiah Mansfield of Lynn. He was
a farmer and a weaver in Beverly, and did service in King Philip's war.
Roger' (Lot^ Roger'), b. Mar. 10, 1668/9; d. 1745; m. Apr. 25, 1698,
Mary, dau. of Capt. Thomas and Mary Raymond. About 1720 he re-
moved from Beverly to that part of Concord which is now Acton. He
was a weaver.
Lot' (John', Lot', Roger'), bapt. June 1, 1679; d. Sept. 20, 1767;
m. (1) May 15, 1698, Martha Cleaves [b. about 1681; d. Feb. 15, 1725];
(2) Susannah Clark; (3) Mary . He removed from Beverly to
Concord about 1716.
Josiah' (Roger', Lot=, Roger'), b. Dec. 12, 1711; m. Feb. 9, 1745/6,
Catherine, dau. of Peter Emerson of Reading [b. Dec. 20, 1718; d. Aug.
2, 1809; m. (2) Dec. 18, 1777, Moses Thurston]. He settled while a
young man in West Dunstable (now HoUis), where he was a selectman.
Andrew' (Lot', John', Lot', Roger'), bapt. Beverly, Jan. 25, 1702/3;
m. (1) Charlestown, May 2, 1723, Elizabeth Taylor [b. about 1704; d.
Sept. 10, 1758] ; (2) Concord, June 6, 1759, Mrs. Mary Hubbard [b. about
1703; d. Nov. 30, 1763]; (3) Danvers, Mass., July 19, 1764, Anna, widow
of Daniel Gardner. He was a farmer in Concord, his farm adjoining
that of his father.
Abel' (Josiah', Roger', Lot', Roger'), b. Oct. 3, 1755; d. May 2,
1844; m. (1) Nov. 20, 1681, Margaret, dau. of James and Margaret Jewett
of Hollis [b. Oct. 18, 1758; d. July 25, 1788]; (.2) Lydia Thurston. He
resided in Hollis until 1813 and then removed to Hardwick, Vt. He
served several times in the Revolution and was at Bunker Hill. He was
a deacon in Hollis.
Andrew" (Andrew', Lot', John', Lot', Roger'), b. Aug. 22, 1725; d.
Sept. 17, 1805; m. (1) Nov. 30, 1748, Ruth Brooks [b. about 1729; d.
Feb. 3, 1770]; (2) Mary [b. about 1734; d. June 20, 1818]. He
passed his life in Concord. He was a captain.
Silas" (Andrew', Lot', John', Lot', Roger'), b. Aug. 15, 1740; d. Apr.
3, 1803; m. Dec. 30, 1762, Lois, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Potter
[b. May 2, 1744; d. Nov. 12, 1815]. He was a farmer in Concord, Mass.
L Abel« (Abel^ Josiah^ Roger^ Lo^, Roger^), b. June 1,
1784; d. Apr. 12, 1875; m. May, 1822, Harriet Hubbard (4).
He studied law in Townsend and New Ipswich, in the latter
place with Benjamin Champney. He was admitted to the
bar in 1813. He practiced at Townsend and afterward from
1819 to 1826 in New Ipswich. In 1834 he removed to Lowell,
Mass., where he studied chemistry and mechanics and made
some useful inventions. He is said to have made a parlor
organ, a hollow auger nearly as now used, the mortise door
lock, and certain improved means for causing bread to rise.
Children :
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4. i. John, b. Apr. 3, 1823; d. Dec. 29, 1876; m. 1851, Frances,
dau. of Peter and Hannah Crowell, a well-known spiritual-
ist medium. Res. in Boston.
5. ii. Harriet Maria, b. May 20, 1825.
6. iii. Horace J., b. Sept. 17, 1827.
7. iv. Sarah Isabella, b. Jan. 14, 1829.
8. V. James Edwin, b. Feb. 3, 1831; d. Oct. 1, 1886; m. (1) Feb.
9, 1854, Susan Amelia Rutherford; (2) Sallie Lee. He
served in the U. S. Interior Dept. and in the War Dept.,
and for many years engaged in the business of railroad
construction in the South and West.
2. Zebulon'^ (Andrew^ Andrew^, Lot*, John^, Lot^,
Roger!), i3 Oct. 29, 1749; m. Mary Wright [b. Feb., 1752].
He lived in Winchendon, Mass., at the time of the Revoki-
tion, and went to Cambridge in Capt. Wilder's company at
the time of the Lexington alarm. He removed to New Ips-
wich in 1783 or earlier, and was a farmer upon 85, A. D., or
perhaps the next lot to the west of it. His name disappears
from the town records before 1820. Children :
9. i. Ruth, b. May 2, 1772; m. Nov. 3, 1795, James Adams (12).
10. ii. Mary, b. Feb. 13, 1774; m. May 1, 1794, Jacob S. Clary of
Leominster, Mass.
11. iii. Zebulon, b. May 11, 1776; d. July 8, 1803; m. Mary Wright.
He was drowned.
12. iv. Hannah, b. May 4, 1779; d. 1802; m. Oct. 8, 1801, Jonas
Amsden.
13. v. Joseph, b. Mar. 31, 1781.+
14. vi. Rebecca, b. July 31, 1783; m. Nov. 3, 1809, John W. Spaulding
of Franklin, Vt.
15. vii. Betsy, b. Sept. 13, 1785; m. Mar. 25, 1813, Lovander F.
Fuller of Grafton, Vt.
16. viii. Nathan, b. Feb. 9, 1788; d. Oct. 3, 1843.
17. ix. Keziah, b. June 19, 1789; m. Sanders.
18. X. Nancy, b. Aug. 10, 1793; m. Jan. 23, 1810, Joseph' Wetherbee.
19. xi. Andrew, b. Feb. 12, l796.-f
3. James^ (Silas^ Andrew^ Lot^ John^, Lot^ Roger^), b.
May 26, 1788; d. Oct. 26, 1836; m. 1810, Seba, dau. of Jesse
Davis [b. Acton, Mass., June 23, 1789; d. July 5, 1875]. He
was a carpenter in Acton, Mass., from which town he gave
service in the War of 1812. He came to New Ipswich about
1825 and remained eight years, living on the Tenney farm on
the Greenville road, (19, N. D.) Children:
20. i. Luseba Wright, b. Apr. 14, 1811; d. Feb. 2, 1859; m. Dec,
9, 1836, Josiah Webber (1).
21. ii. Louisa J., b. Sept. 26, 1812; d. Oct. 16, 1892; m. (1) May 9,
1839, Jonathan L., son of William and Rebecca (Lovejoy)
Cogswell of Rindge; (2) Emerson Howe (J. 1).
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22. iii. James Franklin, b. Nov. 23, 1814.+
2Z. iv. Jesse Davis, b. Oct. 22, 1818; m. Rachel Golopen. He re-
moved to the West.
24. V. Mary R, b. July 20, 1820; m. (1) Apr. 5. 1845, Waiter Davis;
(2) James Comee of Fitchburg, Mass.
25. vi. Andrew, b. Nov. 13, 1822.+
26. vii. Sarah Ann, b. New Ipswich, Feb. 1, 1825; m. Nov. 15, 1848,
George Henry Ramsdell (10).
27. viii. George Washington, b. New Ipswich, Apr. 11, 1827; m.
May 28, 1850, Diana P., dau. of Paul and Hannah R.
(Hannaford) Boyce (3). Res. Peterboro.
28. ix. Sylvia Maria, b. Nov. 17, 1829; m. Oct. 3, 1848, David
Thomas of Woodstock, Vt. Some years later he was pro-
prietor of a restaurant beneath Union Hall.
29. X. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Mason, Apr. 5, 1834; m. July 2, 1857,
Horace Eugene Evans. Res. in Townsend, Mass.
13. Joseph^ (Zebulon^, Andrew^ Andrew^ Lot*, John^,
Lot^ Rog-er^), b. Concord, Mar. 31, 1781; m. (1) Sept. 18,
1806, Patience Sawyer of Bolton, Mass. [b. May 10, 1782; d.
May 20, 1845] ; (2) Dec. 25, 1845. Nancy (Simonds) Puffer.
He went to Bolton, but soon removed to Leominster, Mass.,
v/here he was a shoe manufacturer. He had eight children.
19. Andrew^ (Zebulon^ Andrew*', Andrew^ Lot*, John^
Lot^ Roger^), b. Feb. 12, 1796; m. Emily Farnsworth [b. July,
1799]. He succeeded to his father's farm, remaining upon it
until about 1840, when he removed to Lunenburg, Mass. He
was selectman the last two years before his removal. Chil-
dren :
30. i. Lovander Wright, b. 1820; d. about 1901; m. Adeline Hey-
wood of Lunenburg, Mass., where he kept a country store.
Two children.
31. ii. Charles Farnsworth, b. 1821. -j-
2)2. iii. Andrew Philander, b. May 8, 1823. +
ZZ. iv. Samuel Stillman, b. Mar., 1825; d. about 1902.
34. V. SuSan E., b. 1827; m. Edward Grossman of Fitchburg, Mass.
35. vi. Lucy Hale, b. 1829; m. George P. Kingsbury of Leominster,
Mass.
36. vii. Adoniram Judson, b. Apr. 30, 1831. -|-
2)1 . viii. Emily Hazelton, b. 1833 ; m. George Searles of Leominster,
Mass.
38. ix. James Quincy, b. Apr. 13, 1835. -(-
39. X. Mary Ann, b. 1837; m. J. A. Marshall of Leominster, Mass.
40. xi. George Washington, b. 1839. Lived in North Leominster,
Mass. Two children.
41. xii. Ellen Elizabeth, b. 1843; d. young.
22. James Franklin^ (James^ Silas*', Andrew^, Lot*. John\
Lot^, Roger^), b. Nov. 23, 1814; d. July 16, 1880; m. Nelson,
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Nov. 5, 1839, Lucy, dau. of Isaac and Susanna (Cobb) Follett
[b. Nov. 26, 1804; d. July 15, 1872]. He came to New Ipswich
with his parents, and on reaching the age of manhood he
settled in Stoneham, Mass. He was a shoemaker. Children :
42. i. Calvin Harrison, b. Aug. 29, 1841.
43. ii. Lucy Ann Seba, b. Nov. 27, 1845; m. Jaquith. Res. in
Reading, Mass.
25. Andrew* (James^, Silas", Andrew^, Lot*, John^, Lot^,
Roger^), b. Nov. 13, 1822; m. Brattleboro, Vt., July 3, 1846.
Margaret Annie, dau. of Edward and Martha Chadwell [b.
Mar. 12, 1831]. He came to New Ipswich with his parents
and in early manhood settled in Nashua. He was a cigar
maker. Children :
44. i. Edward Andrew, b. New Ipswich, July 31, 1851.
45. ii. Nellie Frances, b. Nashua, Aug. 30, 1861 ; d. June 22, 1863.
31. Charles F.'^ (x^ndrew®, Zebulon'', Andrew*^, Andrew^,
Lot*, John^ Lot2, Roger^), b. 1821; m. Ora Burt, dau. of
Lyman Bruce. He was in the employ of a large company
for the manufacture of carriages in Leominster, Mass. Chil-
dren :
46. i. Charles Edward, b. Mar. 27, 1849.
47. ii. Henry Lyman, b. Aug. 10, 1852.
32. Andrew P.^ (Andrew*, Zebulon'^, Andrew", Andrew^,
Lot*, John^ Lot-, Roger^), b. May 8, 1823; m. (1) name un-
known ; (2) Aug. 14, 1854, Elizabeth Adelina, dau. of John
and Mary Littlefield of Norridgewock, Me. He owned a
sawmill at Leominster, Mass., for a time, and then removed
to Terre Haute, Ind., where he had a flour mill and was also
proprietor of a mineral spring. Children :
48. i. Austin.
49. ii. Ella.
50. iii. Martha Ella Cobleigh.
51. iv. Ollie Adelina, b. May 29, 1857.
52. V. Ossian Aconda Cromwell, b. Dec. 14, 1862.
53. vi. Ariel Hugo, b. Dec. 29, 1864; d. young.
36. Adoniram^ (Andrew*, Zebulon'^. Andrew", Andrew^,
Lot*, John^ Lot^, Roger^), b. Apr. 30, 1831; m. Feb. 11, 1864,
Roxanna, dau. of John Cromwell of Norridgewock, Me. He
removed with his parents to Leominster, Mass., and thence
to Kuttawa, Ky., where he was a miller. He there married
a second and third time. Child :
54. i. Ada, b. June 2, 1869.
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38. James Quincy^ (Andrew^ Zebulon^ Andrew^ An-
drew^ Lot*, John^ Lot^ Roger^), b. Apr. 13, 1835; m. Apr.
30, 1861, Clar 
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